Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Smith, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Smith registered to vote in Jackson County on July 1, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Robert Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Smith
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Jackson County
- Morris Smithreached Texas about 1852
- Robert Smithreached Texas about 1847
- William Smithreached Texas about 1863
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 1 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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