Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Floyd King, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Floyd King registered to vote in Parker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Floyd King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Floyd King
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Parker County
2 months
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Floyd King reported 11 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 3 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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