Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benjamin Smith, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Benjamin Smith registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
32 years
In Texas
about 1835
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Benjamin Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benjamin Smith
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 6, 1867
Years in Texas
32 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Galveston County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 460 freedmen named Smith 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 6 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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