Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Washington, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Washington registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Franklin Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Washington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsFranklin Washington reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Bastrop County
- Daniel Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Henry Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Washingtons 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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