Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Armstrong, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Armstrong registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Anderson Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Armstrong
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Austin County
- David Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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