Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Burrill Smith, Denton County, Texas, 1867

Burrill Smith registered to vote in Denton County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Denton County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Denton County

Burrill Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Burrill Smith
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Denton County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Denton County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Denton County highlighted
Denton County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Denton County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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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