Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Turner, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Harry Turner registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Harry Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Turner
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Fayette County
- Henry Turnerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jackson Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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