Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Allen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Allen registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Solomon Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Allen
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Solomon X Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Walker County
- David Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
- Haywood Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Allenborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1854
- Seyman Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- William 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 13 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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