Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gassen Franklin, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Gassen Franklin registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Gassen Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gassen Franklin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsGassen Franklin reported 24 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Franklin in Matagorda County
- Hugh Franklinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- James Franklinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- Nelson Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1843
- Warren Franklinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1832
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 4 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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