Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Franks, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Franks registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jefferson Franks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Franks
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJefferson Franks reported 16 years more in Texas than in Bastrop 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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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