Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob King, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Bob King registered to vote in Anderson County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Bob King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob King
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBob King reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named King in Anderson County
- Abe Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- James Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Willis Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1849
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 45 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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