Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Goodlea, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
George Goodlea registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
George Goodlea
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Goodlea
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Goodlea in Colorado County
- Jack Goodleaborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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