Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Allen, Maverick County, Texas, 1867
Amos Allen registered to vote in Maverick County on August 5, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Maverick County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Amos Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Allen
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Maverick County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Maverick County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By taking out naturalization papers"
- Naturalized, when
- "In U.S. Dist. Court 1853-54"
- Naturalized, where
- "Austin, Washington Co. Tex"
- Signature, as written
- "Amos Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAmos Allen reported 2 years more in Texas than in Maverick County.
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 1 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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