Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Smith, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
George Smith registered to vote in Freestone County on August 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Freestone County
George Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Freestone County
- Andrew Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Gabriel Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1867
- Isham Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Jacob Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Smiths 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 25 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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