Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Britton Simmons, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Britton Simmons registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Britton Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Britton Simmons
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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