Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berrey Smith, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Berrey Smith registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Houston County
Berrey Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berrey Smith
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Houston County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Berry his X mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Houston County
- Henry Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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