Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Smith, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Smith registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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