Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin King, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin King registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Benjamin King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin King
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsBenjamin King reported 18 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Other freedmen named King in Tarrant County
- Alexander Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Frank Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1864
- Smith Kingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
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 2 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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