Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Smith, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Charles Smith registered to vote in Bosque County on July 29, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bosque County
Charles Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Smith
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Bosque County
- Abraham Smithreached Texas about 1855
- Andy Smith
- Benjamin Smithreached Texas about 1855
- Benjamin Smith
- Ellis Smithreached Texas about 1844
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 2 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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