Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Prince, Tarrant County, Texas, 1868
Allen Prince registered to vote in Tarrant County on January 27, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Allen Prince
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Prince
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAllen Prince reported 8 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Princes 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 21 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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