Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aron Sims, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Aron Sims registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Aron Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aron Sims
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Madison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron Sims"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAron Sims reported 1 year more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Sims in Madison County
- George Simsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Nathan Simsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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