Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Turner, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Moses Turner registered to vote in Davis County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- 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 Davis County
Moses Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Turner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Davis County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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