Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Allen, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Allen registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
John Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Allen in Matagorda County
- John Allenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Lucas Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Wasington Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
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 13 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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