Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Smith, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Joe Smith registered to vote in Shelby County on September 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
Joe Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- September 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Geo. " Smith"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoe Smith reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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 20 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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