Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Turner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Turner registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Thomas Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Turner
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsThomas Turner reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 79 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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