Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Smith, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Smith registered to vote in Dallas County on August 14, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Elijah Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Smith
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smith in Dallas County
- Arch Smithborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
- Benjamin Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Chris Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 12 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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