Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Smith, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Smith registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
James Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Smith
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJames Smith reported 7 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Brazos County
- Adam Smithreached Texas about 1859
- Andrew Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Bill Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Cato Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Charlie Smithreached Texas about 1865
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 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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