Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Goody, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Washington Goody registered to vote in Wilson County on July 20, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Washington Goody
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Goody
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWashington Goody reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Variations of Goody
- 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 4 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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