Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John S. King, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

John S. King registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
4 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

John S. King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John S. King
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

John S. King reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named King in Brazos County

Kings elsewhere in Texas

All 117 freedmen named King in Texas

Variations of King

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 41 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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