Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Armstrong, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Jackson Armstrong registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 19, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jackson Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Armstrong
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJackson Armstrong reported 20 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Gonzales County
- Edward Armstrongreached Texas about 1847
Armstrongs 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 40 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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