Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Smith, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Bill Smith registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Bill Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Smith
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Brazos County
- Adam Smithreached Texas about 1859
- Andrew Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Cato Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Charlie Smithreached Texas about 1865
- Frank Smithreached Texas about 1837
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. Brazos County's entries fill 51 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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