Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Sims, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Washington Sims registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Washington Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Sims
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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