Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Buck Taylor, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Buck Taylor registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Ohio and Texas marked
Born in Ohio, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Ohio
Birthplace
34 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1833
Reached Texas
33 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1833 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Buck Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Buck Taylor
Place of birth
Ohio
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
34 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fayette County
33 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

33 years

Buck Taylor reported 33 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Fayette County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 259 freedmen named Taylor 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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