Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Allen, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Henry Allen registered to vote in Hunt County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Henry Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Hunt County
- Samuel Allenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 8 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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