Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charles Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on August 23, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County
Charles Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Smith
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsCharles Smith reported 21 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
- Daniel Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 48 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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