Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elison Smith, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Elison Smith registered to vote in Anderson County on November 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Elison Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elison Smith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsElison Smith reported 3 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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
- 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 45 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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