Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Turner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Turner registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Andrew Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Harrison County
- Allen Turnerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Austin Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Austin Turnerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Dennis Turnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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