Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randolph Smith, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Randolph Smith registered to vote in Hill County on August 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Randolph Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randolph Smith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRandolph Smith reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 13 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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