Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Land Goodwin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Land Goodwin registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Land Goodwin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Land Goodwin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsLand Goodwin reported 22 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Goodwins 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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