Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smith, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Smith registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Henry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smith
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Brazoria County
- Bob Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Burton Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 9 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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