Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Taylor, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Taylor registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 17 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Thomas Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Thomas x Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsThomas Taylor reported 4 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Leon County
- Ben Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- Gabriel Taylorborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Lawrence Taylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
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 12 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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