Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Goodwin, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Goodwin registered to vote in Brazos County on July 20, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Lewis Goodwin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Goodwin
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsLewis Goodwin reported 22 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Goodwins 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 27 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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