Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
James Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Taylor
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJames Taylor reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Colorado County
- Adam Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Benjamin Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Frank Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Frank Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Harry Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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