Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Taylor, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Taylor registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Taylor
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Taylor reported 2 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Matagorda County
- John Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Joseph Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Randall Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Richard Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1843
- Thomas Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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