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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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

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In Harrison County

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"
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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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