Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taylor Knight, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Taylor Knight registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Taylor Knight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taylor Knight
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knight in Anderson County
- Ned Knightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
Knights 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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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