Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Simon, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Simon registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 16 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Cherokee County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 1 year
In Texas: 1 year
In the county: about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Cherokee County

Nelson Simon

Texas

Name: Nelson Simon
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Cherokee County
Precinct: 2
Registered: Jul. 16 1867
Years in Texas: 1 year
Years in Cherokee County: 1 year
Years in the precinct: 1 year

Cherokee County on the 1870 county map

Simons elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Simon in Texas

Variations of Simon

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 5 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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