Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Allen, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Willis Allen registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Allen
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Brazoria County
- Alexander Allenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1831
- Edward Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1831
- Hardy Allenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Stephen Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Stephen Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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