Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Taylor, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
George Taylor registered to vote in Bowie County on August 1, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
George Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Taylor
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Bowie County
- E.S. Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Jacob Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- James Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- William Taylorborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1849
Taylors elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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