Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Turner, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Turner registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Nathan Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Turner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Brazoria County
- Aaron Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Lewis Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1845
- 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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