Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Franklin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Franklin registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Wilson Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Franklin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Fayette County
- Ben Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Gazin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 16 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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