Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Franklin Tennes, Karnes County, Texas, 1867

Franklin Tennes registered to vote in Karnes County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Karnes County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Karnes County

Franklin Tennes

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Franklin Tennes
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Karnes County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Karnes County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Karnes County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Karnes County highlighted
Karnes County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Franklin Tennes reported 18 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.

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 Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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