Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Allen, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Albert Allen registered to vote in Hill County on September 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Albert Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAlbert Allen reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 15 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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