Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gordon Armstrong, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Gordon Armstrong registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Gordon Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gordon Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gaston x Armstrong"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsGordon Armstrong reported 24 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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 18 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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