Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Simmons, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Dick Simmons registered to vote in Williamson County on September 24, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Dick Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Simmons
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, when
- "W. S. his x mark Hanley"
- Signature, as written
- "Dick his x mark Simmons"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 19 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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