Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Franklin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Franklin registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Wesley Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Franklin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Austin County
- Benjammin Franklinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
- General Franklinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Franklinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- 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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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