Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Goodall, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Frank Goodall registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Frank Goodall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Goodall
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Naturalized, how
- "S C"
- Signature, as written
- "J. Goodall (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsFrank Goodall reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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