Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armstead McDonald, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Armstead McDonald registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Armstead McDonald
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armstead McDonald
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McDonalds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McDonald
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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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