Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paris Goose, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Paris Goose registered to vote in Madison County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Paris Goose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paris Goose
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Paris Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearParis Goose reported 1 year more in Texas than in Madison 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 5 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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