Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank King, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Frank King registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 15, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Tarrant County

Frank King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank King
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Tarrant County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Tarrant 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 13 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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