Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Taylor, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Allen Taylor registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Allen Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Harrison County
- Aaron Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Abram Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- Albert Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Calvin Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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