Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben King, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Reuben King registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Reuben King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben King
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "R. 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 57 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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