Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Sims, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Sims registered to vote in Hill County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Jesse Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Sims
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJesse Sims reported 21 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 9 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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