Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Smith, Erath County, Texas, 1867
John Smith registered to vote in Erath County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
1846186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County
John Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Smith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Erath County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Erath County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Erath County
- 19 years
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn Smith reported 19 years more in Texas than in Erath County.
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 3 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Erath County, Texas
Erath County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Erath CountyThe Smith name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Erath County by name