Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Allen, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Allen registered to vote in Austin County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Samuel Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Allen
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 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
- Isam Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- John Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Monroe Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 38 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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