Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ambur Allen, Denton County, Texas, 1868

Ambur Allen registered to vote in Denton County on July 26, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 14 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Denton County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Denton County

Ambur Allen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ambur Allen
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Denton County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 26, 1868
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Denton County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Years in Texas before Denton County
6 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Denton County highlighted
Denton County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Ambur Allen reported 6 years more in Texas than in Denton County.

Other freedmen named Allen in Denton County

Allens elsewhere in Texas

All 119 freedmen named Allen 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 3 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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