Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph King, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Joseph King registered to vote in Bexar County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Bexar County

Joseph King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph King
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Bexar County
6 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Joseph King reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.

Other freedmen named King in Bexar County

Kings elsewhere in Texas

All 117 freedmen named King in Texas

Variations of King

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 32 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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