Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philbert Smith, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Philbert Smith registered to vote in Madison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 12 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Philbert Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philbert Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Madison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Denton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPhilbert Smith reported 12 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Madison County
- Abraham Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Elic Smithborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1842
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 3 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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