Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Limas Smith, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Limas Smith registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 15, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Limas Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Limas Smith
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Gonzales County
- Charles Smithreached Texas about 1862
- Egbert Smithreached Texas about 1847
- Green Smithreached Texas about 1854
- Henderson Smithreached Texas about 1855
- John Smithreached Texas about 1862
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 8 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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