Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Sterling, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Sterling registered to vote in Harrison County on July 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Franklin Sterling
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Sterling
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sterling in Harrison County
- Nathan Sterlingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
Sterlings 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 31 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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