Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burnell Franklin, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Burnell Franklin registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 31 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.
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
Burnell Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burnell Franklin
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsBurnell Franklin reported 17 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Gonzales County
- Buck Franklinreached Texas about 1853
- 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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