Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Simms, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Simms registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Isaac Simms

Texas

Name: Isaac Simms
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: July 11, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Fayette County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Simms in Fayette County

Aaron Simmsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
Isaac Simmsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837

Simmses elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Simms in Texas

Variations of Simms

Sims 29

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 6 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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