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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Walker County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 259 freedmen named Taylor 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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