Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Simms, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Simms registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Isaac Simms
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Simms
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsIsaac Simms reported 29 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Simms in Fayette County
- Aaron Simmsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Isaac Simmsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 35 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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