Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John King, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John King registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
John King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John King
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Brazoria County
- Dandy Kingborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Dennis Kingborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1843
- Lewis Kingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Thomas Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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