Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Allen, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

John Allen registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Lavaca County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County

John Allen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Allen
County of registration
Lavaca County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Lavaca County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Lavaca County
9 years
Signature, as written
"J. L. Allen"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lavaca County highlighted
Lavaca County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

John Allen reported 9 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.

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 Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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