Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Smith, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
George Smith registered to vote in Bowie County on August 7, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
George Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Smith
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 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
- Jim Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- John Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 14 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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