Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Adam Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
In Colorado County
Adam Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Taylor
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Colorado County
- 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
- 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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Colorado County, Texas
Colorado County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Colorado CountyThe Taylor name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Colorado County by name