Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert King, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Robert King registered to vote in Henderson County on September 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Robert King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert King
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert L. King"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsRobert King reported 9 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named King in Henderson County
- Andrew Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Jacob Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- John Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 20 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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