Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Goff, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
John Goff registered to vote in Cameron County on January 31, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
John Goff
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Goff
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn Goff reported 19 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Goffs 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 11 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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