Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Smith, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
William Smith registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Smith
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 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
- Henry Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
- James Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1863
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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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