Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Sims, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Charles Sims registered to vote in Chambers County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
In Chambers County
Charles Sims
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Sims
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Virginia"
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Simms"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Simses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sims
- Simms 14
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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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