Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Smith, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Smith registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 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
- Preston Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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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