Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Taylor registered to vote in Williamson County on September 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Edmund Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Taylor
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, when
- "Robley D. Smith"
- Signature, as written
- "Edmund his x mark Taylor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 19 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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