Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Lacy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Lacy registered to vote in Harrison County on August 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Alexander Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Lacy
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "a. L. Lacy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAlexander Lacy reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Lacy in Harrison County
- Alexander Lacyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Dick Lacyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Samuel Lacyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Simon Lacyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 61 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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