Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony King, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Anthony King registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Anthony King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony King
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAnthony King reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named King in Colorado County
- Claiborne Kingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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