Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Turner, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Turner registered to vote in Colorado County on September 25, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 46 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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