Major Jeffrey Lockalier – Tombstone Inscription

 

Lockalier, Jeffrey, Major
Section 28.4
ID # 281027

Major
Jeffrey Lockalier
Died Sep. 22, 1830
Aged 42 Years

Erected 2010

Documentation
1909 List: Lockalier, Mrs. [sic] Jeffrey Section 28 B
1908 Plat: Maj. Jeffrey Lockalier  Section 28 B
1908 (Smith) & Garrett: Death date incorrectly listed as
       1850.
Garrett correctly listed the age as 42 Years.
U.S. Federal Census 1830. Town of Nashville, Tenn.
       Jeffrey Lochalier. Free Colored Person. Male.
       Between 36 & 54 years
Obituary:  National Banner & Nashville Whig, Sept. 27,
       1830.
       Obituary:  In part as follows:
       “DIED. On 22nd instant, at residence of Col.
        Armstrong, a free man of color, commonly called
        Major Jeffrey, aged about 42 years…”

Replacement Tombstone 2010

Recorded & Photographed 11-22-2010

Biography for Major Jeffrey Lockalier

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Masthead Lockelier Obit