Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Armstrong, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Joe Armstrong registered to vote in Dallas County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Joe Armstrong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Armstrong
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Armstrong in Dallas County
- Giles Armstrongborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 22 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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