Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Austin Turner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Austin Turner registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Austin Turner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Austin Turner
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Harrison County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Austin Turner reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Turner in Harrison 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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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