Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Allen, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Allen registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Sampson Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "S. Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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