Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Smith, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Edward Smith registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Edward Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Smith
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsEdward Smith reported 18 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
- Eli Smithborn in Georgia, 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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