Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Simms, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Simms registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Aaron Simms
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Simms
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simms in Fayette County
- Isaac Simmsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Isaac Simmsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
Simmses elsewhere 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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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