Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Armstrong, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Armstrong registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harrison Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Armstrong
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "R. his X mark Franklin"
- 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
- William Armstrongborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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