Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Benjamin Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Taylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Colorado County
- Adam Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- 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
- Harry Jr Taylorborn in Tennessee, 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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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