Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Smith, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Moses Smith registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
about 1839
Reached Texas
27 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Moses Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Smith
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

27 years

Moses Smith reported 27 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Smith in Bastrop County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 460 freedmen named Smith 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 6 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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