Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas King, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Thomas King registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 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
- 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
Thomas King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas King
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsThomas King reported 4 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named King in Brazoria County
- Dandy Kingborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Dennis Kingborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1843
- John Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Kingborn in Mississippi, reached 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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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