Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jonas Gooden, Hill County, Texas, 1869

Jonas Gooden registered to vote in Hill County on November 24, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Born in Missouri, registered in Hill County, Texas

Missouri
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Hill County

Jonas Gooden

Texas

Name: Jonas Gooden
Place of birth: Missouri
County of registration: Hill County
Precinct: 1
Registered: November 24, 1869
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Hill County: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hill County on the 1870 county map

Goodens elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Gooden in Texas

Variations of Gooden

Goode 5

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 21 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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