Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cisero Allen, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Cisero Allen registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Cisero Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cisero Allen
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Cicero Allen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCisero Allen reported 8 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Henderson County
- John Allenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Robert Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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