Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Goodlet, Parker County, Texas, 1869

Thomas Goodlet registered to vote in Parker County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Parker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Thomas Goodlet

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Goodlet
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Parker County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Thomas Goodlet reported 9 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 17 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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