Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Turner, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Solomon Turner registered to vote in Lamar County on July 4, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Solomon Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Turner
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 4, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Solomon Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSolomon Turner reported 1 year more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Lamar County
- Albert Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Alfred Turnerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
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 1 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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