Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Smoot, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Smoot registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Joe Smoot
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Smoot
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoe Smoot reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 20 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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