Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Allen, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Allen registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Edmund Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Allen
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "G W Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsEdmund Allen reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Harrison County
- 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
- Moses Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 51 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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