Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Smith, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Smith registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Thomas Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Smith
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Smith in Caldwell County
- Austin Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- David Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- George Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- James M. V. Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Phillip Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 15 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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