Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Taylor, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Tom Taylor registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Tom Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsTom Taylor reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Walker County
- Edmon Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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