Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Simmons, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Berry Simmons registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Berry Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Simmons
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
Other freedmen named Simmons in Matagorda County
- John Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- John Simmonsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 10 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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