Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chesterfield Alen, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Chesterfield Alen registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Chesterfield Alen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chesterfield Alen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Allen " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsChesterfield Alen reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Variations of Alen
- Allen 119
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 2 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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