Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Zabe Taylor, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Zabe Taylor registered to vote in Madison County on August 15, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Madison County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

1857186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Zabe Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Zabe Taylor
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Madison County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Zeke Payton"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Zabe Taylor reported 9 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Madison 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 5 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Madison County, Texas

Madison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Madison CountyThe Taylor name in TexasBorn in FloridaSearch Madison County by name

Zabe Taylor, Madison County, Texas, 1867 | Enslaved Texas