Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tasnell Gofney, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Tasnell Gofney registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
Tasnell Gofney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tasnell Gofney
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lascell X Godfrey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gofney in Walker County
- Reubin Gofneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 18 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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