Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Simmons, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Simmons registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Benjamin Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Simmons
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. H. Simmons"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsBenjamin Simmons reported 24 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Simmonses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simmons
- Simons 20
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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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