Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nero Turner, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Nero Turner registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
27 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Nero Turner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nero Turner
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Colorado County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

27 years

Nero Turner reported 27 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Turner in Colorado County

Turners elsewhere in Texas

All 105 freedmen named Turner 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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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