Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Lock, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
David Lock registered to vote in Fannin County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
David Lock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Lock
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsDavid Lock reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Locks 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 Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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