Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rye Goodwins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Rye Goodwins registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Rye Goodwins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rye Goodwins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Goodwins in Brazoria County
- Burrell Goodwinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
Variations of Goodwins
- Goodwin 13
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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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