Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Esshields Smith, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Esshields Smith registered to vote in Tyler County on September 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Esshields Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Esshields Smith
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Archibald Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 11 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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