Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Micajah Armstrong, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Micajah Armstrong registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Micajah Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Micajah Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Armstrong"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMicajah Armstrong reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Harrison County
- Albert Armstrongborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Edward Armstrongborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Jeff Armstrongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Lee Armstrongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Armstrongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 69 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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