DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Smith, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
James Smith registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 19, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
James Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Smith
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
Other freedmen named Smith in DeWitt County
- Henry Smithreached Texas about 1865
- Ned Smithreached Texas about 1843
- Pleas Smithreached Texas about 1863
- Wells Smithreached 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 6 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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