Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Smith, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John Smith registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 22 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Leon County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Smith reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Leon County
- Charles Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- George W. Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Josiah Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Mandy Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Washington Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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