Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Franklin, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Franklin registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wilson Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Franklin
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilson Franklin reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Brazos County
- Benjamin Franklinreached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Franklinreached Texas about 1854
- James Franklinreached Texas about 1858
- Mat. Franklinreached Texas about 1848
- Robert Franklinreached Texas about 1861
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 8 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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