Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Franklin, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Edward Franklin registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edward Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Franklin
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsEdward Franklin reported 3 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Galveston County
- Benjamin Franklinreached Texas about 1863
Franklins 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 11 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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