Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Turner, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Turner registered to vote in Leon County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jackson Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas x Seal"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJackson Turner reported 14 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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