Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Franklin, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
William Franklin registered to vote in Grayson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
William Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Franklin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Grayson County
- Felix Franklinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 19 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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