Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Armstrong, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Armstrong registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 45 years in Texas, 5 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 45 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
- 40 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
Thomas Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Armstrong
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
40 yearsThomas Armstrong reported 40 years more in Texas than in Matagorda 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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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