Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Smith, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Smith registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Sam Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Smith
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSam Smith reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Walker County
- Bob Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Charles Smithborn in South Carolina
- Clem Smithborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Daniel Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edward Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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