Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tho. Franklin, Collin County, Texas, 1868
Tho. Franklin registered to vote in Collin County on Jan. 27 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Collin County
Tho. Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tho. Franklin
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jan. 27 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Collin County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Franklin in Collin County
- Benjamin Franklinborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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