Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter King, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Peter King registered to vote in Bowie County on August 2, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Peter King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter King
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Bowie County
- Alford Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- James Kingborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
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 11 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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