Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phil Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Phil Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Phil Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phil Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Daniel Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- David Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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