Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Allen, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Edward Allen registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Edward Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Allen
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Allen in Colorado County
- Chas Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- Claiborn Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- David Allenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- George W. Allenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Isaac Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 1 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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