Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Smith, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Smith registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Andrew Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Smith
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Anderson County
- Baister Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Benjamin Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Elison Smithborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Farrel Smithborn in Pennsylvania, reached Texas about 1860
- George Smithborn in Maryland, 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 52 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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