Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fred Smith, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Fred Smith registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Fred Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fred Smith
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Galveston County
- Adam W Smithreached Texas about 1843
- Benjamin Smithreached Texas about 1835
- Edward Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Frank Smithreached Texas about 1846
- Isaac Smithreached Texas about 1840
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 7 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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