Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joesph Turner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Joesph Turner registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Mississippi
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Joesph Turner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joesph Turner
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Anderson County
Registered
November 26, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Anderson County
2 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Joesph Turner reported 6 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Turner in Anderson County

Turners elsewhere in Texas

All 105 freedmen named Turner 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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