Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Turner, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Turner registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Lewis Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Turner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Brazoria County
- Aaron Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Nathan Turnerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Philip Turnerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Turners elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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