Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Simmons, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
George Simmons registered to vote in Lamar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
George Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Simmons
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 13 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By the treaty"
- Naturalized, when
- "Emigrated in 1855"
- Naturalized, where
- "New York"
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Collins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsGeorge Simmons reported 13 years more in Texas than in Lamar 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 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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