Sabine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Smiley, Sabine County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Smiley registered to vote in Sabine County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Sabine County. Sabine County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Sabine County
Benjamin Smiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Smiley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Sabine County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Sabine County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
Smileys 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 1 of the Sabine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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