Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David King, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
David King registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David King
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsDavid King reported 2 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named King in Grayson County
- Abraham Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Elis Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Robert Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Thomas Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Wiliam Jr Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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