Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pomp Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Pomp Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on November 18, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Pomp Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pomp Taylor
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPomp Taylor reported 12 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
- 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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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