Palo Pinto County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Rice, Palo Pinto County, Texas, 1869
Allen Rice registered to vote in Palo Pinto County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Palo Pinto County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized in Madison County, Texas, in 1830" beside his name. Palo Pinto County registered 2 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Allen Rice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Rice
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Palo Pinto County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Palo Pinto County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Palo Pinto County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Naturalized in Madison County, Texas, in 1830"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAllen Rice reported 9 years more in Texas than in Palo Pinto County.
Rices 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 4 of the Palo Pinto County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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