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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam Allen reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Fayette County
- Albert Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Allenreached Texas about 1846
- Henry Allenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1860
- John T Allenborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- King Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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