Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Benjamin Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Taylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Anderson County
- Alford Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- 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
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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