Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elic Smith, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Elic Smith registered to vote in Madison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 9 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Elic Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elic Smith
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Madison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elie Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsElic Smith reported 16 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Madison County
- Abraham Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Philbert Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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