Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Allen, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Moses Allen registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Moses Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMoses Allen reported 4 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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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