Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Franklin, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Franklin registered to vote in Hill County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 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
- Towash
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBenjamin Franklin reported 15 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Hill County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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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