Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Armstrong, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Armstrong registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lewis Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Armstrong"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLewis Armstrong reported 12 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
- Micajah Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 79 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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