Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Franklin, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Franklin registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Nelson Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Franklin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Matagorda County
- Gassen Franklinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1842
- Hugh Franklinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- James Franklinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- 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 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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