Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Smith, Bexar County, Texas, 1868

Thomas Smith registered to vote in Bexar County on January 29, 1868. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Thomas Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Smith
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Bexar County
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Bexar County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 460 freedmen named Smith 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 38 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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