Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Allen, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Allen registered to vote in Wood County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Franklin Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Franklin his X mark Allen"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsFranklin Allen reported 5 years more in Texas than in Wood 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 16 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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