Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Franklin, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Franklin registered to vote in Hill County on November 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Franklin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBenjamin Franklin reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Hill County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Virginia, 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 8 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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