Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wright King, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wright King registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Wright King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wright King
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. King"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named King in Harrison County
- Albert Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Andrew Kingborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Andrew Kingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- F. S. Kingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1856
- Handy Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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