Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Farrel Smith, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Farrel Smith registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Farrel Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Farrel Smith
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Anderson County
- Andrew Smithborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1837
- 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
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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