Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Taylor, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Bob Taylor registered to vote in Fannin County on July 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Bob Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Taylor
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsBob Taylor reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Other freedmen named Taylor in Fannin County
- James Taylorborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- 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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