Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Franklin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Franklin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Benjamin Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Franklin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1832
- John Franklinborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1851
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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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