Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Goree, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Edmond Goree registered to vote in Madison County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Edmond Goree
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Goree
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward Gross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsEdmond Goree reported 17 years 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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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