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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Fayette County

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All 459 freedmen named Smith 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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