Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Armstead, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Armstead registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Henry Armstead
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Armstead
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstead in Brazoria County
- David B. Armsteadborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1829
- James Armsteadborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Armsteads 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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