Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Turner, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Thornton Turner registered to vote in Colorado County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thornton Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsThornton Turner reported 6 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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