Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Goode, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Robert Goode registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 26 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Robert Goode
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Goode
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRobert Goode reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Goodes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Goode
- Good 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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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