Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Allen, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jim Allen registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 11, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jim Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Allen
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJim Allen reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Gonzales County
- George Allenreached Texas about 1858
- Henry Allenreached Texas about 1855
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 4 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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