Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Simmons, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Levi Simmons registered to vote in Anderson County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Levi Simmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Simmons
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLevi Simmons reported 3 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Simmons in Anderson County
- Caplain 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 46 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Anderson County, Texas
Anderson County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Anderson CountyThe Simmons name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Anderson County by name