Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Allen, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Robert Allen registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRobert Allen reported 4 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Leon County
- Anthony Allenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Ben Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- John Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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