Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Crocket, Parker County, Texas, 1867

David Crocket registered to vote in Parker County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

David Crocket

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Crocket
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
8
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Parker County
12 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Parker County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

David Crocket reported 3 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

Variations of Crocket

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 1 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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