Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harvey Allen, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Harvey Allen registered to vote in Harrison County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "L x Allen" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Harvey Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harvey Allen
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Miss"
- Signature, as written
- "L. Allen (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "L x Allen"
Other freedmen named Allen in Harrison County
- Edmund Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Elijah Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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