Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Smith, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Jim Smith registered to vote in Bowie County on July 12, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Jim Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 12, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 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
- 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 1 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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