Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruffin Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ruffin Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ruffin Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruffin Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRuffin Smith reported 1 year 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. It sits on page 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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