Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Taylor, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Taylor registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
David Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Taylor
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- 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
- Allen Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Calvin Taylorborn in Texas, 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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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