Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Turner, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Turner registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Henry Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Turner
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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