Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tom M. King, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Tom M. King registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Tom M. King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tom M. King
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Fayette County

  • Austin Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
  • Daniel Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
  • Irving Kingborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1867
  • Nathan Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
  • Rufus Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854

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 25 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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