Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John A. Sims, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John A. Sims registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John A. Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John A. Sims
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Sims"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sims in Harrison County
- Cabel Simsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- John Simsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Thomas Simsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 55 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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