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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Allen Prince reported 8 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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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