Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Allen, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

William Allen registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

William Allen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Allen
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Fayette County
11 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

William Allen reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Allen in Fayette County

Allens elsewhere in Texas

All 119 freedmen named Allen 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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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