Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Simmonds, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
James Simmonds registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 22, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 6 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
James Simmonds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Simmonds
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 11 years
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Simmonds reported 11 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Simmondses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simmonds
- Simmons 51
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 1 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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