Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Smith, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Charles Smith registered to vote in Grayson County on September 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Place of birth is correct in the left column. which is Virginia" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Place of birth is correct in the left column. which is Virginia"
Other freedmen named Smith in Grayson County
- Charley Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 32 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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