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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Grayson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Clayburn Smith reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.

Other freedmen named Smith in Grayson County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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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