Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Turner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Turner registered to vote in Anderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Edmund Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Turner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 33 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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