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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Leon County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Gordon Armstrong reported 24 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

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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