Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Armstrong, Austin County, Texas, 1869
David Armstrong registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
David Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsDavid Armstrong reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Austin County
- Anderson Armstrongborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Robert Armstrongborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Winn Armstrongborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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