Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
March Smell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
March Smell registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
March Smell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- March Smell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMarch Smell reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Smell in Austin County
- Simon Smellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 4 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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