Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Franklin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Franklin registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Franklin
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1832
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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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