Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis King, Burleson County, Texas, 1869

Lewis King registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Burleson County

Lewis King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis King
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Burleson County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Burleson County

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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 35 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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