Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Smith, Leon County, Texas, 1867
George W. Smith registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
George W. Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Smith
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Naturalized, where
- "George W. Scott"
- Signature, as written
- "George W. x Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Leon County
- Charles Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- John Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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