Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warner Simmons, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Warner Simmons registered to vote in Austin County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
Warner Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warner Simmons
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Austin County
- Abraham Simmonsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Allen Simmonsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 40 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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