Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Taylor, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Harry Taylor registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Wood County
Harry Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Taylor
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Wood County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry his X mark Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Wood County
- Albert Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Dennis Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Lyman Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Samuel Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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