Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Armstrong, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Armstrong registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Walker County
William Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark Armstrong"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Walker County
- Freeman Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Harrison Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Harrison Armstrongborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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