Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Allen, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Allen registered to vote in Henderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Robert Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Allen
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsRobert Allen reported 5 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Henderson County
- Cisero Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- John Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 2 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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