Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smith, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Henry Smith registered to vote in Dallas County on January 28, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Henry Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smith
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 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
- 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 32 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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