Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smith Greer, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Smith Greer registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Smith Greer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smith Greer
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Smith Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsSmith Greer reported 19 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Greers 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 3 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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