Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Allen, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Allen registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
William Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWilliam Allen reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Harrison County
- Edmund Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Elijah Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Harvey Allenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- James Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Joseph Allenborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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