Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Sims, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Sims registered to vote in Madison County. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Nathan Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Sims
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nathan Sims"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsNathan Sims reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Sims in Madison County
- Aron Simsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1864
- George Simsborn in Texas, 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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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