Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Simpson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Washington Simpson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Washington Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Simpson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simpson in Colorado County
- Edmund Simpsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
Simpsons elsewhere in Texas
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 31 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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