Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doctor Franklin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Doctor Franklin registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Doctor Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doctor Franklin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsDoctor Franklin reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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
- 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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