Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elbert Smith, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Elbert Smith registered to vote in Tyler County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Elbert Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elbert Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "James M. Gant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsElbert Smith reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Tyler County
- Esshields Smithborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1860
- Joseph Smithborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
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 9 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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