Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Taylor, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Albert Taylor registered to vote in Madison County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Albert Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAlbert Taylor reported 20 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Madison County
- Andy Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- George Taylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- 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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