Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Max Smith, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Max Smith registered to vote in Galveston County on November 25, 1869. He reported Ireland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Max Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Max Smith
- Place of birth
- Ireland
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- 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
- Fred Smithreached Texas about 1854
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 68 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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