Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Smith, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
John Smith registered to vote in Bowie County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
John Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Smith
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Bowie County
- Alford Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1853
- Calvin Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- E.D. Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- George Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Jim Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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