Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Smith, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Smith registered to vote in Denton County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Denton County
Thomas Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas [Jamar] Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Denton County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
Other freedmen named Smith in Denton County
- Burrill Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac? Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
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. Denton County's entries fill 28 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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