Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin White, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Franklin White registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Franklin White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin White
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsFranklin White reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named White in Harrison County
- Burrel Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- George Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Henderson Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
Whites 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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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