DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Wimbish, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Simon Wimbish registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 30, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Simon Wimbish
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Wimbish
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
Other freedmen named Wimbish in DeWitt County
- Henry Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
- Henry Wimbishreached Texas about 1854
- Jack Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
- James Wimbishborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Stephen Wimbishreached Texas about 1852
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 14 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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