Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scipio Simon, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Scipio Simon registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Scipio Simon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scipio Simon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simon in Austin County
- Killingoworth Simonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Simons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simon
- 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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