Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Taylor, Madison County, Texas, 1867
George Taylor registered to vote in Madison County on August 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Taylor
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Taylor reported 3 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Madison County
- Albert Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Andy Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Zabe Taylorborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1857
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 9 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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