Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Smith, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Miles Smith registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Miles Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Smith
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 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
- Elijah Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 18 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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