Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Smith, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Smith registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benjamin Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Smith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 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
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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