Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Turner, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Ben Turner registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 23, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Ben Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Turner
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsBen Turner reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Fort Bend County
- Al Turnerreached Texas about 1837
- Dick Turnerreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Turnerreached Texas about 1866
- Nick Turnerreached Texas about 1866
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 29 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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