Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Taylor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Frank Taylor registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Frank Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Taylor
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsFrank Taylor reported 7 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
- 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 34 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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