Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lt Smith, Walker County, Texas, 1867
George Lt Smith registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Lt Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lt Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "George W. X Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge Lt Smith reported 9 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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