Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Smith, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Smith registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Benjamin Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Colorado County
- Anthony Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Caswell Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- David Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- George Smithborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1829
- Grandson Smithborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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