Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Franklin, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Franklin registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
James Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Franklin
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJames Franklin reported 7 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
- Mat. Franklinreached Texas about 1848
- Robert Franklinreached Texas about 1861
- Wilson Franklinreached Texas about 1863
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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