Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shadrack Lockwood, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Shadrack Lockwood registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Shadrack Lockwood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shadrack Lockwood
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Houston County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Shadrick his X mark Lockwood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lockwoods 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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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