Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Smith, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Smith registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
George Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge Smith reported 2 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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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