Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Goodwyn, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Goodwyn registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Ephraim Goodwyn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Goodwyn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ephraim his X mark Goodwin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Goodwyn in Shelby County
- Abraham Goodwynborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
- Lamdon Goodwynborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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