Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Armstrong, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Robert Armstrong registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Robert Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Brazoria County
- Henry Armstrongborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
- 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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