Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Lackey, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Peter Lackey registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 24, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Peter Lackey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Lackey
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
4 years
Naturalized, how
"Arrival when a minor"
Naturalized, when
"in 1838"
Naturalized, where
"New York"
Signature, as written
"Peter x Lackey"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Peter Lackey reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Lackeys elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Lackey 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 33 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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