Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scott Gooding, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Scott Gooding registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Scott Gooding
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scott Gooding
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 26 years
- Signature, as written
- "Keith Gooding"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsScott Gooding reported 26 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Goodings 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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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