Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Smith, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Aaron Smith registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Aaron Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Smith
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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