Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Smith, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Smith registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Thomas Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Smith
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas x Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Shelby County
- Bill Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
- Donam Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Isaac Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Jack Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Jerry Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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