Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Simmons, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Simon Simmons registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Simon Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Simmons
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 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
- John Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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