Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Turley, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
George W. Turley registered to vote in Hunt County on August 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George W. Turley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Turley
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "George W. Turley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsGeorge W. Turley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Turleys 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 18 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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