Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Turner, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Harry Turner registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harry Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Turner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHarry Turner reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Austin County
- 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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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