Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Smith, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Bill Smith registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Bill Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 29 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ward Mitchum"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsBill Smith reported 29 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Shelby County
- 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
- Joe Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 13 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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