Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Lakey, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
Harry Lakey registered to vote in Trinity County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Trinity County
Harry Lakey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Lakey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Trinity County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 months
- Years in Trinity County
- 12 months
- Years in the precinct
- 12 months
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson Robb"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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