Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Godley, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Godley registered to vote in Hunt County on July 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Harrison Godley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Godley
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harrison Cooley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHarrison Godley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Godleys 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 7 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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