Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew King, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Andrew King registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Andrew King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew King
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew x King"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Shelby County
- Abraham Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Andrew Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Ben Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Blue Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Ephraim J. Kingborn in Alabama, 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 12 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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