Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armistead Tunstall, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Armistead Tunstall registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Armistead Tunstall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armistead Tunstall
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 2 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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