Sims · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Sims in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 29 freedmen

29 freedmen named Sims registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (4), Walker County (4) and Freestone County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1832.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Simses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Sims registered, on the 1870 county map
29
Freedmen
17
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1832
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Simses registered

Texas counties where the Simses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County414%
Walker County414%
Freestone County310%
Madison County310%
Bastrop County27%
Hays County27%
Bosque County13%
Chambers County13%
Colorado County13%
Fort Bend County13%
Galveston County13%
Hill County13%
Hopkins County13%
Jackson County13%
Leon County13%
Wharton County13%
Wood County13%

Where the Simses were born

Birthplaces the Simses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia625%
Georgia313%
South Carolina313%
Tennessee313%
Texas313%
Mississippi28%
Alabama14%
Maryland14%
Missouri14%
North Carolina14%

When the Simses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Simses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
11
1850s
7
1860s
10

Variations of Sims

Every Sims in the register

The Simses in the register, 1 to 29 of 29
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aron SimsMadison CountyMaryland1864
Cabel SimsHarrison CountyTennessee1846
Charles SimsChambers CountyVirginia1847
Charles SimsWalker CountyTexas1843
Ely SimsColorado CountySouth Carolina1854
George SimsBastrop CountyMissouri1865
George SimsMadison CountyTexas1846
Hilyard SimsLeon CountyAlabama1854
Houston SimsWalker CountyTexas1844
James SimsFreestone CountyVirginia1862
Jesse SimsHill CountyTennessee1845
John SimsBastrop CountyVirginia1832
John SimsFreestone CountyGeorgia1852
John SimsHarrison CountyTennessee1846
John A. SimsHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Joseph SimsHays CountyVirginia1866
Josiah SimsHopkins CountyGeorgia1857
Leonard SimsHays CountyVirginia1866
Levi SimsFort Bend County1866
Levi SimsWood CountyNorth Carolina1862
Moses SimsFreestone CountyGeorgia1852
Nathan SimsMadison CountySouth Carolina1848
Pater SimsWharton County1866
Preston SimsWalker CountyMississippi1841
Richard SimsBosque County1866
Sam SimsWalker CountyMississippi1842
Thomas SimsHarrison CountySouth Carolina1863
Washington SimsGalveston County1858
William SimsJackson County1850

Sims genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Sims in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 4 of the 29, Walker County 4. 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 look under Simms as well.

Where did the Simses in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (6), Georgia (3) and South Carolina (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 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 Sims?

Harrison County (4), Walker County (4), Freestone County (3). In all, 29 registered across 17 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 Sims appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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