Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

H. Taylor, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

H. Taylor registered to vote in Burleson County on July 16, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

H. Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
H. Taylor
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Burleson County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

H. Taylor reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Burleson 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. It sits on page 20 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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