Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David King, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
David King registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
David King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David King
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "David X King " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsDavid King reported 20 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
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 4 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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