Young County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dennis Smallwood, Young County, Texas, 1867

Dennis Smallwood registered to vote in Young County on August 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. Young County registered 1 freedman in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Young County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Young County

Dennis Smallwood

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dennis Smallwood
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Young County
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Young County
4 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Young County
6 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Young County highlighted
Young County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Dennis Smallwood reported 6 years more in Texas than in Young 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 1 of the Young County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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