Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Claiborne King, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Claiborne King registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Claiborne King

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Claiborne King
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Claiborne King reported 18 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named King in Colorado County

  • Anthony Kingborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851

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 31 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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