Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Simms, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Silas Simms registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Silas Simms
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Simms
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSilas Simms reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Simms in Austin County
- Edward Simmsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
Simmses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simms
- Sims 29
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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