Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smith, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
Henry Smith registered to vote in Grayson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Henry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Grayson County
- Charles Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Charley Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Clayburn Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Haywood Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- 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. Grayson County's entries fill 38 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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