Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Allen, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Henry Allen registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Walker County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Henry Allen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Allen
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
3
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Walker County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
12 years
Signature, as written
"Henry his X mark Allen"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Henry Allen reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Allen in Walker County

Allens elsewhere in Texas

All 119 freedmen named Allen 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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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