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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSimeon 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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