Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Langston Taylor, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Langston Taylor registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Langston Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Langston Taylor
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Hopkins County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
14 years
Signature, as written
"Langston x Taylor"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Langston Taylor reported 14 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Hopkins 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 22 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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