Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Simmons, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Allen Simmons registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Allen Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Simmons
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAllen Simmons reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Austin County
- Abraham Simmonsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Warner Simmonsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 47 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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