Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Simmons, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Simmons registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Thomas Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Simmons
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simmons in Colorado County
- George Simmonsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Ned Simmonsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Simmonsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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