Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Viser, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Allen Viser registered to vote in Madison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 18 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Allen Viser
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Viser
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Allen Winn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAllen Viser reported 9 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Viser in Madison County
- Alford Viserborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
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 4 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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