Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tony Godley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Tony Godley registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Tony Godley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tony Godley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Godleys 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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