Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Turner, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Jim Turner registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Jim Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Turner
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsJim Turner reported 28 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Austin County
- Harry Turnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- 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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