Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Turner, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Turner registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jackson Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Turner
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Fayette County
- Harry Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Turnerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Spencer Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1834
- 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 34 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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