Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Locke, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Adam Locke registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Adam Locke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Locke
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lockes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Locke
- Lockett 10
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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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