Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Turner, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Washington Turner registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Washington Turner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Turner
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Fayette County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
23 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Washington Turner reported 23 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Turner in Fayette County

Turners elsewhere in Texas

All 105 freedmen named Turner 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 38 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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