Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Franks, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Albert Franks registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Albert Franks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Franks
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAlbert Franks reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Frankses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Franks
- Frank 8
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 Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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