Simpson · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Simpson in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 30 freedmen

30 freedmen named Simpson registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Hill County (3), Anderson County (2) and Austin County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Louisiana, Kentucky and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Simpsons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Simpson registered, on the 1870 county map
30
Freedmen
22
Counties
Louisiana
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Simpsons registered

Texas counties where the Simpsons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Hill County310%
Anderson County27%
Austin County27%
Collin County27%
Colorado County27%
Leon County27%
Washington County27%
Bexar County13%
Bowie County13%
Burleson County13%
Fayette County13%
Fort Bend County13%
Galveston County13%
Harrison County13%
Hopkins County13%
Johnson County13%
Madison County13%
Matagorda County13%
Tyler County13%
Wharton County13%
Wilson County13%
Wood County13%

Where the Simpsons were born

Birthplaces the Simpsons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Louisiana418%
Kentucky314%
North Carolina314%
Alabama29%
Mississippi29%
Missouri29%
South Carolina29%
Texas29%
Arkansas15%
Virginia15%

When the Simpsons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Simpsons
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
13
1860s
12

Every Simpson in the register

The Simpsons in the register, 1 to 30 of 30
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Allen SimpsonCollin CountyMissouri1861
Allen SimpsonWood CountySouth Carolina1852
Charles SimpsonHill CountyLouisiana1857
Church SimpsonCollin CountyMissouri1863
Dudley SimpsonBurleson County1862
Edmund SimpsonColorado CountyNorth Carolina1851
Eric SimpsonLeon CountyMississippi1864
G. B. SimpsonHill CountyLouisiana1855
George SimpsonAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1865
George SimpsonMadison CountyArkansas1851
George SimpsonMatagorda County
Gottfried SimpsonWashington County1857
Green SimpsonBowie CountyTexas1849
Isaac SimpsonFort Bend County1858
James SimpsonTyler CountyLouisiana1860
John SimpsonAustin CountyKentucky1852
John SimpsonHopkins CountyKentucky1864
Julius SimpsonWashington County1849
Lewis SimpsonAustin CountyKentucky1865
Lewis SimpsonGalveston County1866
N SimpsonJohnson CountyAlabama1863
Reuben SimpsonFayette CountyMississippi1863
S SimpsonBexar CountyVirginia1852
Samuel SimpsonHarrison CountySouth Carolina1859
Simon SimpsonHill CountyLouisiana1857
Squire SimpsonAnderson CountyAlabama1859
Thornton SimpsonWilson County1853
Van SimpsonWharton County1866
Washington SimpsonColorado CountyNorth Carolina1846
Wiley SimpsonLeon CountyTexas1846

Simpson genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Simpson in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Hill County holds 3 of the 30, Anderson County 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Simpsons in Texas come from?

They reported Louisiana (4), Kentucky (3) and North Carolina (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Simpson?

Hill County (3), Anderson County (2), Austin County (2). In all, 30 registered across 22 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Simpson appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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