Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Lockhart, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Lockhart registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Elijah Lockhart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Lockhart
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsElijah Lockhart reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Lockharts 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 4 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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