Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Smith, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Smith registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 23, 1867. He reported 25 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.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Nelson Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Smith
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsNelson Smith reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 18 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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