Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Simmons, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Simmons registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
George Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Simmons
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Fayette County
- Britton Simmonsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- George Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- John Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Simon Simmonsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Solomon Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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