Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Goodson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Peter Goodson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Peter Goodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Goodson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter x Gordon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Goodson in Hopkins County
- Daniel Goodsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Goodsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
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 22 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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