Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Horace Smith, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Horace Smith registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 4 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Horace Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Horace Smith
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Houston County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Horace his x mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHorace Smith reported 6 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Houston County
- Berrey Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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