Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjammin Franklin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjammin Franklin registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Benjammin Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjammin Franklin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsBenjammin Franklin reported 28 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Austin County
- General Franklinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Franklinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Wesley Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Winn Franklinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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