Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Smith, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Sam Smith registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Houston County
Sam Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Houston County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his x mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Houston County
- Berrey Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Horace Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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