Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis King, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Willis King registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Willis King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis King
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Anderson County
- Abe Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Bob Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Kingborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- James 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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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