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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, 101 to 150 of 259
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Henry TaylorGalveston County1857
Henry TaylorGalveston County1860
Henry TaylorHarrison CountyTennessee1850
Henry TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1847
Henry TaylorMcLennan County1866
Henry TaylorWalker CountyTexas1839
Hindsberry TaylorHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1850
Houston TaylorCherokee CountyTennessee
Howd TaylorMcLennan County1866
Howell TaylorColorado CountyTennessee1854
Isaac TaylorBrazos County1839
Isaac TaylorCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Isaac TaylorColorado CountyNorth Carolina1851
Isael TaylorBrazoria CountyLouisiana1847
Isham TaylorGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina1866
Ishmail TaylorAustin CountyMaryland1858
J.M. TaylorFalls County
Jack TaylorGuadalupe CountyMississippi1866
Jack TaylorVan Zandt CountyTennessee1862
Jackson TaylorMcLennan County1866
Jackson TaylorMcLennan County1866
Jacob TaylorBowie CountyNorth Carolina1864
Jacob TaylorColorado CountyNorth Carolina1850
Jacob TaylorDeWitt County1849
Jacob TaylorFalls County
James TaylorAustin CountyNorth Carolina1860
James TaylorBastrop CountyMississippi1861
James TaylorBowie CountyTennessee1864
James TaylorColorado CountyAlabama1857
James TaylorFalls County
James TaylorFannin CountyMissouri1861
James TaylorFort Bend County1842
James TaylorWharton County1866
Jas. TaylorFannin CountyTexas1844
Jefferson TaylorAustin CountyMississippi1849
Jerry TaylorHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Jerry TaylorMcLennan County1867
Jesse TaylorDavis CountyTennessee1859
Jim TaylorDeWitt County1858
Jo TaylorCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Joan TaylorBurleson County1863
John TaylorAustin CountyMississippi1859
John TaylorBrazoria CountyKentucky1851
John TaylorBrazoria CountyVirginia1860
John TaylorCollin CountyKentucky1858
John TaylorDavis CountyVirginia1844
John TaylorFalls County
John TaylorFannin CountyKentucky1855
John TaylorFort Bend County1858
John TaylorGonzales County1853

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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