Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Taylor, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

William Taylor registered to vote in Harrison County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Harrison County

William Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Taylor
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Harrison County
5 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"B. Taylor"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Harrison 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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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