Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Allen, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Henry Allen registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Allen
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Fayette County
- Albert Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Allenreached Texas about 1846
- John T Allenborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- King Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- William Allenborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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