Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Westley Lockridge, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Westley Lockridge registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County
Westley Lockridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Westley Lockridge
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lockridge in Gonzales County
- Caesar Lockridgereached Texas about 1854
- Peter Lockridgereached Texas about 1850
Lockridges elsewhere in Texas
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 12 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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