Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arthur King, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Arthur King registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Arthur King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arthur King
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Bexar County
- Joseph Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Moses Kingborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- William Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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