Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William King, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William King registered to vote in Bexar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William King
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Bexar County
- Anthony Kingborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1851
- Joseph Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Moses Kingborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
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 19 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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