Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Simmons, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Simmons registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Simmons
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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 1864
- George 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. It sits on page 20 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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