Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Franklin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Franklin registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Benjamin Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Franklin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "B 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
- 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 77 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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