Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Smith, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Ned Smith registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Ned Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Smith
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Davis County
- Alford Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Blandy Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Isaac Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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