Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Taylor, Wilson County, Texas, 1868
Charles Taylor registered to vote in Wilson County on January 27, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charles Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCharles Taylor reported 20 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 7 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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