Taylor · Texas · 1867 voter registration · page 6 of 6

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, 251 to 259 of 259
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Willis TaylorMcLennan County1866
Wilson TaylorMcLennan County1866
Wright TaylorAngelina CountySouth Carolina1849
Wyley TaylorAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Zabe TaylorMadison CountyFlorida1857
Zacharia TaylorGalveston County1865
Zachariah TaylorCameron CountyVirginia1865
Zachariah TaylorGalveston CountyTexas1847
Zachary TaylorAtascosa CountyVirginia1852

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.

Texas genealogy: keep looking

All surnamesAll countiesBrowse by birthplaceSearch Taylor by first name