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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bowie County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

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

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 11 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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