Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Charles Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Charles Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Taylor
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCharles Taylor reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Anderson County
- Alford Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Benjamin Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Cupid Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edwards Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1836
- Heinston Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
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 25 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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