Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Allen, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Allen registered to vote in Jasper County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Benj his X mark Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Jasper County
- Buck Allenborn in Texas
- Jorden Allenborn in Texas
- Robbin Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Robert Allenborn in Mississippi
- Samuel Allenborn in Texas
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 9 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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