Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Job Turman, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Job Turman registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Job Turman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Job Turman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Job German"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJob Turman reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Turman in Wood County
- Nicholas Turmanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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 2 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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