Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Smith, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Matt Smith registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Matt Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsMatt Smith reported 22 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 Louisiana, reached Texas about 1832
- George Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Harrison Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 17 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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