Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Franklin, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Nelson Franklin registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Nelson Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Franklin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 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
- 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 52 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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