Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Franklin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ben Franklin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ben Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Franklin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Franklin"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBen Franklin reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Harrison County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Doctor Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Haywood Franklinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Thomas Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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