Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John W. Smith, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John W. Smith registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John W. Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John W. Smith
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. W. Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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