Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smith Wells, Goliad County, Texas, 1869
Smith Wells registered to vote in Goliad County on November 26, 1869. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transfered from DeWitt" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Goliad County
Smith Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smith Wells
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transfered from DeWitt"
Other freedmen named Wells in Goliad County
- Robert Wellsreached Texas about 1866
Wellses 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 15 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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