Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Smith, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
Frank Smith registered to vote in Williamson County on November 20, 1869. He reported Missouri 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Frank Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Smith
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Frank his x mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Williamson County
- Austin Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- 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 24 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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