Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Franklin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Franklin registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Ben Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Franklin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBen Franklin reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Fayette County
- Gazin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Wilson Franklinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
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 Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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