Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Preston Smith, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Preston Smith registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Preston Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Preston Smith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Bexar County
- Alex Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry C. Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- July Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Milton Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Thomas Smithborn in Florida, 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 2 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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