Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Preston Sims, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Preston Sims registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Walker County
Preston Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Preston Sims
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Preston his X mark Burns"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sims in Walker County
- Charles Simsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Houston Simsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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