Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charley Smith, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Charley Smith registered to vote in Grayson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Charley Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charley Smith
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Grayson County
- Charles Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Clayburn Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Haywood Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Poke Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
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 11 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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