Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Allen, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George W. Allen registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
George W. Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 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
- Edward Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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