Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham King, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham King registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Abraham King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham King
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Grayson County
- David Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 18 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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