Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Allen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Allen registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilliam Allen reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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
- Solomon Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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