Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Allen, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Allen registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Thomas Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsThomas Allen reported 23 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Bastrop County
- Thomas Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- William Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
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 25 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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