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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Madison County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Albert Taylor reported 20 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 9 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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