Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Josiah Sims, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Josiah Sims registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Josiah Sims

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Josiah Sims
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Hopkins County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Signature, as written
"Josiah x Sims"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Simses elsewhere in Texas

All 29 freedmen named Sims in Texas

Variations of Sims

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 14 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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