Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis King, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Louis King registered to vote in Shelby County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Louis King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis King
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Shelby County
16 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"Louis x King"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named King in Shelby County

  • Abraham Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
  • Andrew Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
  • Andrew Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
  • Ben Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
  • Blue Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850

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 9 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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