Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Smith, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Smith registered to vote in Bosque County on Jul. 30 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
Benjamin Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Smith
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Jul. 30 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 Smith
- Charles Smithreached Texas about 1855
- 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 3 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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