Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Simon, Collin County, Texas, 1867
David Simon registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 23 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
David Simon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Simon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- Aug. 23 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Collin County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsDavid Simon reported 11 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Simons elsewhere 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 32 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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