Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony Smith, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Anthony Smith registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Anthony Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony Smith
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Colorado County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Colorado County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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