Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lacy, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Lacy registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lacy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Lacy reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Lacys 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 31 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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