Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sims, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
John Sims registered to vote in Freestone County on November 19, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sims
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sims in Freestone County
- James Simsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Moses Simsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Simses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sims
- Simms 14
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 36 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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