Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Allen, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Allen registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
William Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Allen
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsWilliam Allen reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Bastrop County
- Thomas Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Thomas Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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