Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Grant Taylor, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Grant Taylor registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Grant Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Grant Taylor
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Bexar 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 3 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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