Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Smith, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Philip Smith registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Philip Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsPhilip Smith reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Austin County
- Abraham Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
- Calvin Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Carrol Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Clayborn Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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