Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Smith, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Abraham Smith registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Abraham Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Smith
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Madison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abraham Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAbraham Smith reported 8 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Madison County
- Elic Smithborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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