Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Taylor, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
James Taylor registered to vote in Fannin County on July 13, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fannin County
James Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Taylor
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Fannin County
- Bob Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Jas. Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- John Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
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 3 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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