Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Sims, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Houston Sims registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Duplicate given" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Walker County
Houston Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Sims
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harrison X Sims"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Duplicate given"
Other freedmen named Sims in Walker County
- Charles Simsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Preston Simsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
- Sam Simsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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