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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Goliad County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Goliad County highlighted
Goliad County on the 1870 county map

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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