Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Smith, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Warren Smith registered to vote in Henderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Warren Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 months
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "Warren Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Henderson County
- Daniel Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Lewis Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Martin Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Patrick Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
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 1 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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