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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Maverick County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Maverick County

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

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Amos Allen reported 2 years more in Texas than in Maverick County.

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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