Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Smith, Bee County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Smith registered to vote in Bee County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jacob Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bee County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Bee County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Bee County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJacob Smith reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bee County.
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 1 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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