Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rufus King, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Rufus King registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Rufus King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rufus King
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Sam Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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