Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Taylor, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Richard Taylor registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Richard Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Taylor
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
Other freedmen named Taylor in Matagorda County
- John Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Joseph Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
- Joseph Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Randall Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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