Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Smith, Colorado County, Texas, 1868
Joshua Smith registered to vote in Colorado County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Joshua Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Colorado County
- Anthony Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Benjamin Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- 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
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 47 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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