Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Franklin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Franklin registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Joe Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Franklin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- 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
- 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 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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