Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Smith, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
George Smith registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 34 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
George Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
34 yearsGeorge Smith reported 34 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Bastrop County
- Richard smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Charles Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- George Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Harrison Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Harry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
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 16 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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