Colorado County District Court Records, Criminal Cause File No. 570: State of Texas v. Mack Oates and Tom Tate, Criminal Cause File No. 591: State of Texas v. Tom Tate and Polly, Criminal Cause File No. 603: State of Texas v. Mack Oates and Tom Tate, Criminal Cause File No. 611: State of Texas v. J. Ernest Goodman, Criminal Minute Book D, pp. 114, 126, 185, 226; Notes from sub-assistant commissioner's field notes: Endorsement of J. Ernest Goodman, May 30, 1866, Barry A. Crouch Collection (Ms. 41), Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus. The indictment of Tate characterized the Sunday religious gathering of the freedmen as a riot.