Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cupid Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Cupid Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported South 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Cupid Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cupid Taylor
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 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
- Benjamin Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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