Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Sims, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
George Sims registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 16, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Sims
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Sims reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Sims in Bastrop County
- John Simsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1832
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 21 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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