Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Simmons, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Henry Simmons registered to vote in Galveston County on July 1, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Henry Simmons

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Simmons
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Simmons in Galveston County

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All 51 freedmen named Simmons in Texas

Variations of Simmons

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 32 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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