Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam W Smith, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Adam W Smith registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Adam W Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam W Smith
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Galveston County
- Benjamin Smithreached Texas about 1835
- Edward Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Frank Smithreached Texas about 1846
- Fred Smithreached Texas about 1854
- 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 28 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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