Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Goodson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Goodson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Henry Goodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Goodson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Goodlow"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Goodson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Goodson in Hopkins County
- Daniel Goodsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Goodsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1859
Goodsons 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 14 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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