Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pleasant Simons, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Pleasant Simons registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Pleasant Simons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pleasant Simons
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Simons"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsPleasant Simons reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Simonses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simons
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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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