Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Kinching, Hays County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Kinching registered to vote in Hays County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
Elijah Kinching
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Kinching
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kinching in Hays County
- Ben Kinchingborn in Louisiana
- Francis Kinchingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Plymoth Kinchingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Thomas Kinchingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- William Kinchingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
Variations of Kinching
- King 117
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 7 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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