Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyley Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Wyley Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Wyley Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyley Taylor
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Anderson County
- Alford Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Benjamin Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Cupid Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edwards Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1836
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 42 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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