Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Smith, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Isam Smith registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- 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 Tarrant County
Isam Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Smith
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Tarrant County
- Hanibal Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Nat Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Samuel Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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