Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burton Smith, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Burton Smith registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 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 Brazoria County
Burton Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burton Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Brazoria County
- Bob Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Charles Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
- James Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1863
- Jerry Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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