Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Smith, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Ben Smith registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 14, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
In Fort Bend County
Ben Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Smith
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 9 years
Other freedmen named Smith in Fort Bend County
- Abe Smithreached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Smithreached Texas about 1835
- Charlton Smithreached Texas about 1866
- Collin Smithreached Texas about 1866
- Collin 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 20 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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