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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJoesph Turner reported 6 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Turner in Anderson County
- Alua Turnerborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1862
- Benton Turnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- 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
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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