Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Smith, Walker County, Texas, 1869
John Smith registered to vote in Walker County on November 24, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
John Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Smith
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Sam 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
- Clem Smithborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Clem Smithborn in Louisiana
- Daniel Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 48 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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