Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smith, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Smith registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smith
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHenry Smith reported 14 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Houston County
- Berrey Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Horace Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Sam Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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