Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Smith, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Smith registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Lewis Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLewis Smith reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Harrison County
- Allen Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Anderson Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Anthony Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Claybourne Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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