Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sylvester Armstrong, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Sylvester Armstrong registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Sylvester Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sylvester Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Tarrant County
- Moses Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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