Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Armstrong, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Armstrong registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Henry Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Brazoria County
- Robert Armstrongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1839
- Sammuel Armstrongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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