Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Simmons, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Simmons registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 6 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Simmons
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Simmons reported 2 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Matagorda County
- Berry Simmonsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- John Simmonsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
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 15 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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