Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Allen, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Allen registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 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
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
Alexander Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Allen
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Brazoria County
- 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
- Willis Allenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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