Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington Lacy, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Washington Lacy registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Washington Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington Lacy
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Washington Lacy reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fayette 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 46 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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