Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Sims, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Sims registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Sims
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "P. Sims"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsThomas Sims reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Sims in Harrison County
- Cabel Simsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- John Simsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- John A. Simsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Simses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sims
- Simms 14
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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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