Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander King, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Alexander King registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Alexander King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander King
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Tarrant County
- Benjamin Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- 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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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