Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Allen, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Tom Allen registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Tom Allen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Allen
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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
- George W. Allenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
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 49 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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