Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Turner, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Turner registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Alexander Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Turner
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAlexander Turner reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Colorado County
- 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
- Henry Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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