Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sims, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Sims registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 34 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
John Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sims
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
34 yearsJohn Sims reported 34 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Sims in Bastrop County
- George Simsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1865
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 9 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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