Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ellis Smith, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Ellis Smith registered to vote in Bosque County on Jul. 22 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 4 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
23 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Ellis Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ellis Smith
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
1
Registered
Jul. 22 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Bosque County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Bosque County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Ellis Smith reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

Other freedmen named Smith in Bosque County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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 1 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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