Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chris Smith, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Chris Smith registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Chris Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chris Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 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
- Elijah Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 15 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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