Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Taylor, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Taylor registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Joseph Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Taylor
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Matagorda County
25 years
Years in the precinct
25 years
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
5 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Joseph Taylor reported 5 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Matagorda County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 277 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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