Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wasington Allen, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Wasington Allen registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wasington Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wasington Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Matagorda County
- John Allenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- John Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Lucas Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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