Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Taylor, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Washington Taylor registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Washington Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Taylor
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Washington his X mark Taylor"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Walker County
- Edmon Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- Tom Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Turner Taylorborn in Texas
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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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