Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Wynn, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Allen Wynn registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Allen Wynn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Wynn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAllen Wynn reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Wynn in Colorado County
- Allen Wynnborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Cager Wynnborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Edmund Wynnborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Harvey Wynnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Lewis Wynnborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
Variations of Wynn
- Wynne 12
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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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