Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Daniel Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsDaniel Smith reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Fayette County
- Aaron Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Andy Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Charles Smithreached Texas about 1845
- David Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Ed Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 21 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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