Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lockett, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
George Lockett registered to vote in Trinity County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Trinity County
George Lockett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lockett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- 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
- "Madison Jones"
- 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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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