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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsFloyd King reported 11 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
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 3 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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