Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Goodman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Allen Goodman registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Allen Goodman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Goodman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Goodmans 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 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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