Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ely Sims, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Ely Sims registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Ely Sims

Texas

Name: Ely Sims
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: November 24, 1869
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Colorado County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Simses elsewhere in Texas

All 29 freedmen named Sims in Texas

Variations of Sims

Simms 14

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 60 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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