Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Harry Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Harry Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Taylor
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Colorado County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 1 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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