Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Simmons, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Simmons registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Simmons
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Simmons reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Colorado County
- Ned Simmonsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Simmonsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
- Thomas Simmonsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- William Simmonsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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