Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Simmons, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
George Simmons registered to vote in Liberty County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Simmons
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "George, his x mark, Simmons"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Liberty County
- Charles Simmonsborn in Florida
- Manual Simmonsborn in North Carolina
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 11 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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