Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armsted Rose, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Armsted Rose registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Armsted Rose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armsted Rose
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Rodp"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Rose in Harrison County
- James Roseborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850
- Wesley Roseborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Roses 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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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