Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clayburn Smith, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Clayburn Smith registered to vote in Grayson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Clayburn Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clayburn Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearClayburn Smith reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Grayson County
- Charles Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Charley Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 14 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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