Locklear

Locklear is a surname. It is documented to be of free African-American origin.

Notable people with the surname include:

Arlinda Locklear (born 1951), American lawyer
Ashton Locklear (born 1998), American gymnast
Gene Locklear, (born 1949), American baseball player
Heather Locklear (born 1961), American actress
Horace Locklear (1942–2024), American politician and former attorney
Ormer Locklear (1891–1920), American stunt pilot and film actor
Samuel J. Locklear (born 1954), American navy admiral
Tyler Locklear (born 2000), American baseball player

This page lists people with the surname Locklear.
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References

↑ Anderson, Jean Bradley (2011). "Improvement Fever, 1840–1861". Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina (2nd ed.). Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-8223-4983-9. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
↑ Heinegg, Paul (2021). Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Sixth Edition. Vol. I - Families Abel to Drew. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 5, 19, 24–25. ISBN 9780806359298.
↑ Heinegg, Paul (2001). Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina From the Colonial Period to About 1820 4th Edition. Vol. I. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 27. ISBN 0-8063-5110-1. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
↑ Multiple sources:
Miles, Andrea N. (2025). "The Economic and Political Roots of North Carolina's Free Black Revolutionaries". Early American Studies. 23 (4). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press: 388–422. doi:10.1353/eam.2025.a974705. ISSN 1559-0895. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
Vincent, Stephen A. (1999). Southern Seed, Northern Soil: African-American Farm Communities in the Midwest, 1765-1900. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 94–96, 203–204. ISBN 0-253-33577-9. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
Parson, Don; Calarco, Tom (2015). Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 188–189, 248. ISBN 978-1-4766-1871-5. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[ande2011-1] Anderson, Jean Bradley (2011). "Improvement Fever, 1840–1861". Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina (2nd ed.). Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-8223-4983-9. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

[hein2021-2] Heinegg, Paul (2021). Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Sixth Edition. Vol. I - Families Abel to Drew. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 5, 19, 24–25. ISBN 9780806359298.

[hein2001-3] Heinegg, Paul (2001). Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina From the Colonial Period to About 1820 4th Edition. Vol. I. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 27. ISBN 0-8063-5110-1. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

[4] Multiple sources:
Miles, Andrea N. (2025). "The Economic and Political Roots of North Carolina's Free Black Revolutionaries". Early American Studies. 23 (4). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press: 388–422. doi:10.1353/eam.2025.a974705. ISSN 1559-0895. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
Vincent, Stephen A. (1999). Southern Seed, Northern Soil: African-American Farm Communities in the Midwest, 1765-1900. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 94–96, 203–204. ISBN 0-253-33577-9. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
Parson, Don; Calarco, Tom (2015). Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 188–189, 248. ISBN 978-1-4766-1871-5. Retrieved 19 June 2026.