Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Taylor, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Ben Taylor registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Leon County
Ben Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Leon County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Leon County
- Gabriel Taylorborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Lawrence Taylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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