Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Turner, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Turner registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Austin County
- Harry Turnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Jim Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1839
- Mac Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1839
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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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