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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, 201 to 250 of 259
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
S. TaylorBurleson County1856
Sam TaylorAnderson CountyVirginia1856
Sammuel TaylorAnderson CountyVirginia1856
Sammuel TaylorBexar CountyNorth Carolina1854
Sampson TaylorFalls County
Samuel TaylorColorado CountyNorth Carolina1850
Samuel TaylorColorado CountyVirginia1849
Samuel TaylorWood CountyAlabama1851
Shadric TaylorFalls County
Spotsus TaylorBurleson County1856
Spy TaylorGuadalupe CountyKentucky1866
Squire TaylorAustin CountyAlabama1860
Squire TaylorFayette CountyNorth Carolina1860
Stephen TaylorAnderson CountyVirginia1855
Talbat TaylorAustin CountyAlabama1864
Tatum TaylorHarrison CountyTennessee1855
Tho. A. TaylorCalhoun County1866
Thomas TaylorFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Thomas TaylorGalveston County1857
Thomas TaylorLeon CountyTexas1846
Titus TaylorMcLennan County1866
Tom TaylorFort Bend County1824
Tom TaylorFort Bend County1839
Tom TaylorMcLennan County1867
Tom TaylorWalker CountyTexas1846
Turner TaylorWalker CountyTexas
Urm. TaylorDallas CountyVirginia1847
Vincent TaylorBrazoria CountyVirginia1839
W.H. TaylorFalls County
Warren TaylorFayette CountyGeorgia1860
Washington TaylorAustin CountySouth Carolina1858
Washington TaylorFalls County
Washington TaylorJasper CountyAlabama
Washington TaylorWalker CountyLouisiana1864
Wesley TaylorAnderson CountyAlabama1851
Wesley TaylorMcLennan County1866
William TaylorAngelina CountyAlabama1852
William TaylorBowie CountyMaryland1849
William TaylorFort Bend County1867
William TaylorGalveston County1858
William TaylorGalveston County1860
William TaylorGuadalupe CountyFlorida1866
William TaylorHarrison CountyMississippi1862
WIlliam TaylorHays CountyArkansas1866
William H. TaylorFayette CountyAlabama1854
William W. TaylorHouston County
William W. TaylorHouston County
Willis TaylorAustin CountyAlabama1849
Willis TaylorCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Willis TaylorFayette CountyVirginia1854

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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