Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benton Turner, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Benton Turner registered to vote in Anderson County on November 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Benton Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benton Turner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Turner in Anderson County
- Alua Turnerborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1862
- Calvin Turnerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Edmmund Turnerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Edmund Turnerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Frank Turnerborn in Pennsylvania, reached Texas about 1865
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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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