Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin King, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Austin King registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Austin King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin King
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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