Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Allen, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
James Allen registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
James Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Allen
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Galveston County
- Alexander Allenreached Texas about 1842
- Auscarfith Allenreached Texas about 1849
- George Allenreached Texas about 1867
- Guss Allenreached Texas about 1841
- John Allen
Allens 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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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