Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Goodin, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Henry Goodin registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Goodin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Goodin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Goodin in Austin County
- Charles Goodinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Goodins 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 47 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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