Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ed King, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Ed King registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 25, 1869. He reported 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ed King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ed King
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsEd King reported 4 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named King in Gonzales County
- Eli Kingreached Texas about 1862
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 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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