Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Buck Franklin, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Buck Franklin registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Buck Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Buck Franklin
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Gonzales County
- Burnell Franklinreached Texas about 1836
- Lewis Franklinreached Texas about 1841
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 32 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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