Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seyman Allen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Seyman Allen registered to vote in Walker County on September 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Seyman Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seyman Allen
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Seymour X Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSeyman Allen reported 1 year 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
- Solomon Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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