Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
William Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Smith reported 7 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
- 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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