Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Simmons, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Simon Simmons registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Simon Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Simmons
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSimon Simmons reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Colorado County
- George Simmonsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Ned Simmonsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- 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. It sits on page 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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