Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Lockett, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jack Lockett registered to vote in Davis County on August 19, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jack Lockett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Lockett
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lockett in Davis County
- Alfred Lockettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jesse Lockettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- John Lockettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Munro Lockettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Sandy Lockettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Locketts 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 27 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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