Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Simms, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Simms registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Isaac Simms
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Simms
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Simmses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Simms
- Sims 29
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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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