Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Allen, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Isam Allen registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Isam Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Allen
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Austin County
- Charles Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Ephram Allenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1859
- John Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Monroe Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Peter Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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