Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Haywood Franklin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Haywood Franklin registered to vote in Harrison County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Haywood Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Haywood Franklin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Franklin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Harrison County
- Ben Franklinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Doctor Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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