Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Taylor, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Moses Taylor registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Moses Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Taylor
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Davis County
- Aaron Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jesse Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- John Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Morris Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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