Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Turner, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Turner registered to vote in Tyler County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Calvin Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Turner
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Calvin Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Tyler County
- Emanuel Turnerborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1865
- Larkin Turnerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 6 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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