Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Franklin, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Warren Franklin registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Warren Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Franklin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 35 years
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
- Nelson Franklinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1843
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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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