Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on September 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Isaac Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years 10 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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