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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fannin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fannin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fannin County highlighted
Fannin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

David Lock reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.

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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