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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Moses Allen reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Allen in Harrison County

Allens elsewhere in Texas

All 119 freedmen named Allen 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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