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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

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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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Grayson County

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 18 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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