Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Baister Smith, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Baister Smith registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Baister Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Baister Smith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 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
- 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 7 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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