Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Smith, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Austin Smith registered to vote in Williamson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Austin Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis West"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Williamson County
- Frank Smithborn in Missouri
- Henry Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Pen Smithborn in Texas
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 13 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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