Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Heinston Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Heinston Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Heinston Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Heinston Taylor
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Anderson County
1 year
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Anderson County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 259 freedmen named Taylor 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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