Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Smyth, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Smyth registered to vote in Jasper County on August 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Smyth
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Solomon Smyth ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smyth in Jasper County
- John Smythborn in Texas
- Sampson Smythborn in Kentucky
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 10 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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