Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Smith, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Jerry Smith registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Jerry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry Smith"
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
- 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 25 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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