Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Turner, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Charles Turner registered to vote in Bexar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Charles Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Bexar County
- Alexander Turnerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
- Nelson Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Thomas Turnerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
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 10 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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