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Taylor in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 259 freedmen

259 freedmen named Taylor registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (27), Falls County (20) and Austin County (18). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1824.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Taylors registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Taylor registered, on the 1870 county map
259
Freedmen
45
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1824
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Taylors registered

Where the Taylors were born

Birthplaces the Taylors reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia3319%
Alabama2213%
Tennessee2012%
North Carolina169%
South Carolina159%
Texas159%
Kentucky148%
Georgia127%
Mississippi95%
Louisiana53%
Arkansas32%
Florida21%
Maryland21%
Africa1under 1%
Missouri1under 1%
Ohio1under 1%

When the Taylors reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Taylors
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
7
1840s
42
1850s
95
1860s
92

Every Taylor in the register

The Taylors in the register, 1 to 50 of 259
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron TaylorDavis CountyGeorgia1859
Aaron TaylorHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Aaron TaylorWharton County1866
Abram TaylorFort Bend County1866
Abram TaylorHarrison CountyGeorgia1846
Abram TaylorMcLennan County1866
Adam TaylorBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1846
Adam TaylorColorado CountyTennessee1858
Albert TaylorHarrison CountyTennessee1857
Albert TaylorMadison CountyTexas1846
Albert TaylorWood CountyTennessee1852
Alex TaylorBrazos County1851
Alexander TaylorMcLennan County1867
Alexander TaylorWharton County1866
Alford TaylorAnderson CountyGeorgia1854
Alfred TaylorBrazos County1848
Alfred TaylorDallas CountyTexas1850
Allen TaylorHarrison CountyTexas1846
Anderson TaylorFalls County
Anderson TaylorMcLennan County
Andrew TaylorBurleson County1842
Andrew TaylorDeWitt County1852
Andrew TaylorFayette CountyAlabama1851
Andy TaylorMadison CountyNorth Carolina1860
Anthony TaylorBastrop CountyGeorgia1857
Aubrose TaylorBrazoria CountyGeorgia1849
Barnett TaylorFort Bend County1866
Ben TaylorLeon CountyTexas1839
Benjamin TaylorAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1857
Benjamin TaylorBrazoria CountyArkansas1849
Benjamin TaylorColorado CountyNorth Carolina1860
Benjamin Adam TaylorJackson County1850
Benny TaylorBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1852
Bimk TaylorAustin CountyAlabama1852
Bob TaylorFannin CountyKentucky1860
Brantley TaylorBrazoria CountyGeorgia1861
Buck TaylorFayette CountyOhio1833
Cain TaylorFalls County
Cain TaylorSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
Calvin TaylorHarrison CountyTexas1846
Charles TaylorAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Charles TaylorAustin CountyVirginia1865
Charles TaylorBexar CountyKentucky1845
Charles TaylorFalls County
Charles TaylorFalls County
Charles TaylorFreestone CountyVirginia1853
Charles TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Charles TaylorMcLennan County1866
Charles TaylorWilson CountyTexas1847
Chav. TaylorBurleson County1858

Taylor genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Taylor in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 27 of the 259, Falls County 20. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Taylors in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (33), Alabama (22) and Tennessee (20) as their birthplaces most often, and 15 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Taylor?

Harrison County (27), Falls County (20), Austin County (18). In all, 259 registered across 45 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Taylor appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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