Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmon Taylor, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Edmon Taylor registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Walker County
Edmon Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmon Taylor
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. X Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Walker County
- Henry Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- Tom Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Turner Taylorborn in Texas
- Washington Taylorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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