Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Betheny, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Allen Betheny registered to vote in Austin County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Allen Betheny

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Betheny
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Austin County
9 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Allen Betheny reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Betheny in Austin 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 12 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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