Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Franklin, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Franklin registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Lewis Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Franklin
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsLewis Franklin reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Gonzales County
- Buck Franklinreached Texas about 1853
- Burnell Franklinreached Texas about 1836
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 33 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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