Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jacob Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Taylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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