Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simeon Heit, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Simeon Heit registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Simeon Heit

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Simeon Heit
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Anderson County
10 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Simeon Heit reported 16 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

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 21 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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