Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Allen, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Allen registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Allen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsDavid Allen reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Colorado County
- Chas Allenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- Claiborn Allenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edward Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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