Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony Allen, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Anthony Allen registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Leon County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Leon County

Anthony Allen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony Allen
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Leon County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Signature, as written
"Anthony x Allen"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Allen in Leon County

  • Ben Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
  • John Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
  • Robert Allenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862

Allens elsewhere in Texas

All 119 freedmen named Allen 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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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