Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel King, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Daniel King registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Daniel King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel King
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Fayette County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 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
  • 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

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

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