Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Turner, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Emanuel Turner registered to vote in Tyler County on August 22, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Emanuel Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Turner
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Emanuel Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Tyler County
- Calvin Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 8 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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