Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lyman Taylor, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Lyman Taylor registered to vote in Wood County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Wood County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

Lyman Taylor

Texas

Name: Lyman Taylor
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Wood County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 19, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Wood County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "Thomas Taylor"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Wood County

Albert Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Dennis Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Harry Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Samuel Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851

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 2 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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