Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Turner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Turner registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Henderson Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Turner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. J. Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Harrison County
- Allen Turnerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Andrew Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Austin Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Austin Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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