Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Turner Strambler, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Turner Strambler registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Turner Strambler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Turner Strambler
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsTurner Strambler reported 5 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Strambler in Fayette County
- Sam Stramblerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 46 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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