Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Simons, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Simons registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Sammuel Simons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Simons
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simons in Brazoria County
- Robert Simonsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Simonses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simons
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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