Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Turner, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Robert Turner registered to vote in Walker County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in precinct for 12 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Turner
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Robert his X mark Sumier"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in precinct for 12 days"
Other freedmen named Turner in Walker County
- James Turnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 41 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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