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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsNero Turner reported 27 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Colorado County
- Alexander Turnerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Edward Turnerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Edward Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- George Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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