Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smart Lockett, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Smart Lockett registered to vote in Henderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% 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
Smart Lockett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smart Lockett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Smart his x mark Puckett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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