Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
King York, Walker County, Texas, 1869
King York registered to vote in Walker County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
King York
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- King York
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Philip his X mark York"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named York in Walker County
- Elbert Yorkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Yorks elsewhere in Texas
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 41 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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