Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Simmons, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Simmons registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Solomon Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Simmons
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSolomon Simmons reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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
- John Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Simon Simmonsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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 22 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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