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.
- 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
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
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAmbur Allen reported 6 years more in Texas than in Denton County.
Other freedmen named Allen in Denton County
- Ambur Allenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Charley Allenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
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 3 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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