Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
London Goodwin, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
London Goodwin registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Shelby County
London Goodwin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- London Goodwin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "London x Goodwyn"
Goodwins 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 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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