Lockridge · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Lockridge in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Lockridge registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Gonzales County (3) and Falls County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1850.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Lockridges registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Lockridge registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
2
Counties
1850
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Lockridges registered

Texas counties where the Lockridges registered
CountyFreedmen%
Gonzales County375%
Falls County125%

When the Lockridges reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Lockridges
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
3

Every Lockridge in the register

The Lockridges in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Caesar LockridgeGonzales County1854
Jefferson LockridgeFalls County
Peter LockridgeGonzales County1850
Westley LockridgeGonzales County1859

Lockridge genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Lockridge in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Gonzales County holds 3 of the 4, Falls County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Lockridge?

Gonzales County (3), Falls County (1). In all, 4 registered across 2 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Lockridge appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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