Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

J.D. King, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

J.D. King registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Louisiana
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 Chambers County

J.D. King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
J.D. King
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Chambers County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Naturalized, how
"Birth"
Signature, as written
"D. S. King"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Chambers County

  • J.S. Kingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849

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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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