Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John King, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
John King registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County
John King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John King
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Galveston County
- Hubert Kingreached Texas about 1844
- Primas Kingreached Texas about 1865
- Sparkman Kingreached Texas about 1846
Kings elsewhere in Texas
Variations of King
- Kinching 6
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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Galveston CountyThe King name in TexasBorn in MissouriSearch Galveston County by name