Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Turner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Frank Turner registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Turner
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearFrank Turner reported 1 year 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. It sits on page 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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