Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Sims, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
James Sims registered to vote in Freestone County on August 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
James Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Sims
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sims in Freestone County
- John Simsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 24 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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