Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Turner, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Turner registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 1 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
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 32 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Spencer Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Turner
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 32 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
32 yearsSpencer Turner reported 32 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Fayette County
- Harry Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Turnerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jackson Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Washington Turnerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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