Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fed Smith, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Fed Smith registered to vote in Wood County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Fed Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fed Smith
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "his Fed x Lynch mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
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 Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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