Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry King, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Henry King registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry King
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry King reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named King in Austin County
- Frank Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Philip Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Sammuel Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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