Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Smith, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Stephen Smith registered to vote in Bowie County on August 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bowie County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Stephen Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Smith
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 20, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Bowie County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Bowie County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Stephen Smith reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.

Other freedmen named Smith in Bowie County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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 15 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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