Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clem Smith, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Clem Smith registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Clem Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clem Smith
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. X Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Walker County
- Bob Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Charles Smithborn in South Carolina
- Daniel Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edward Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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