Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caplain Simmons, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Caplain Simmons registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Caplain Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caplain Simmons
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearCaplain Simmons reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Anderson County
- Levi Simmonsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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