Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley Simms, Bee County, Texas, 1869
John Wesley Simms registered to vote in Bee County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Wesley Simms
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley Simms
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bee County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bee County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJohn Wesley Simms reported 4 years more in Texas than in Bee County.
Simmses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simms
- Sims 29
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 3 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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