Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Henry Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smith
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- 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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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