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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

Texas counties where the Taylors registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County2710%
Falls County208%
Austin County187%
McLennan County187%
Colorado County135%
Anderson County125%
Brazoria County114%
Burleson County104%
Bastrop County93%
Cherokee County83%
Fort Bend County73%
Galveston County73%
Brazos County62%
DeWitt County62%
Fayette County62%
Guadalupe County62%
Bexar County52%
Bowie County52%
Davis County52%
Gonzales County52%
Walker County52%
Wood County52%
Fannin County42%
Leon County42%
Madison County42%
Wharton County42%
Caldwell County31%
Freestone County31%
Houston County31%
Angelina County2under 1%
Dallas County2under 1%
Hopkins County2under 1%
Jasper County2under 1%
Atascosa County1under 1%
Bandera County1under 1%
Burnet County1under 1%
Calhoun County1under 1%
Cameron County1under 1%
Collin County1under 1%
Goliad County1under 1%
Hays County1under 1%
Jackson County1under 1%
San Augustine County1under 1%
Van Zandt County1under 1%
Wilson County1under 1%

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, 151 to 200 of 259
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
John TaylorGonzales County1851
John TaylorHarrison CountyArkansas1846
John TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1859
John TaylorWharton County1866
Johnson TaylorGuadalupe CountyMississippi1866
L. TaylorBurleson County1861
L. TaylorBurleson County1862
Langston TaylorHopkins CountyKentucky1852
Larson TaylorFalls County
Lawrence TaylorLeon CountyLouisiana1863
Lewis TaylorBrazos County1862
Lewis TaylorColorado CountyNorth Carolina1855
Lewis TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1847
London TaylorFalls County
Louis TaylorGonzales County1853
Lyman TaylorWood CountyVirginia1857
Mack TaylorBurleson County1862
Major TaylorFalls County
Major TaylorHarrison CountyTexas1863
Marshal TaylorBrazos County1849
Morris TaylorDavis CountyVirginia1850
Morris TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1851
Moses TaylorDavis CountyGeorgia1859
Nathan TaylorMcLennan County1866
Ned TaylorFalls County
Neely TaylorCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Nelson TaylorCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Nelson TaylorGonzales County1856
Nero TaylorHarrison CountyAfrica1857
Ohio TaylorHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1861
Oscar TaylorCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
P. TaylorBurleson County1863
Peter TaylorGuadalupe CountyTennessee1866
Peter TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1847
Peter TaylorMcLennan County1866
Pomp TaylorAnderson CountyKentucky1854
Pomp TaylorHouston CountyKentucky1857
Priest TaylorHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Prince TaylorAustin CountyAlabama1855
Prince TaylorHarrison CountyTennessee1859
Prud TaylorCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Quincy TaylorMcLennan County1866
R. M. TaylorCherokee CountyTexas1866
Rae. TaylorBrazos County1855
Ramson TaylorAustin CountyVirginia1858
Red TaylorCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Robert TaylorBastrop CountyVirginia1863
Robert M. TaylorBandera County1866
Rolander TaylorHopkins CountyMississippi1852
Rufus TaylorGoliad County1866

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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