Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Sims, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Richard Sims registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 7 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bosque County

Richard Sims

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Sims
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
4
Registered
Aug. 7 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Simses elsewhere in Texas

All 29 freedmen named Sims in Texas

Variations of Sims

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 5 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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