Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Olston Turner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Olston Turner registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Olston Turner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Olston Turner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 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
- 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 3 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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