Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reudy Simmons, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Reudy Simmons registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 13, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County
Reudy Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reudy Simmons
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Gonzales County
- Aron Simmonsreached Texas about 1861
- Frederick Simmonsreached Texas about 1843
- Jordon Simmonsreached Texas about 1859
Simmonses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simmons
- Simons 20
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 35 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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