Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Franklin McMillan, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Franklin McMillan registered to vote in Wood County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Franklin McMillan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Franklin McMillan
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
10
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Wood County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
12 years
Signature, as written
"his Franklin x McMillian mark"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Franklin McMillan reported 12 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named McMillan in Wood County

McMillans elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named McMillan 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 11 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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