Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josiah Smith, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Josiah Smith registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Leon County
Josiah Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josiah Smith
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Josiah his X mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Leon County
- Charles Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- George W. Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- John Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 35 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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