Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton King, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Peyton King registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Leon County
Peyton King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton King
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Leon County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peyton x King"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Leon County
- Alfred Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Isaac Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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