Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Dockery, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Dockery registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Parker County
Thomas Dockery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Dockery
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Parker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Dockerys 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 6 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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