Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Frank Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Frank Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Taylor
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Colorado County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Frank Taylor reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Colorado 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 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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