Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Albert Taylor, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Albert Taylor registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Removed" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

Albert Taylor

Texas

Name: Albert Taylor
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Wood County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Wood County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 1 month
Signature, as written: "Albert Taylor"
Remarks, as written: "Removed"

Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Wood County

Dennis Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Harry Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Lyman Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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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