Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Irving King, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Irving King registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 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 Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Irving King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Irving King
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Fayette County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 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
  • 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

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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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