Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Lacy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Lacy registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Samuel Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Lacy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lacy in Harrison County
- Alexander Lacyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Alexander Lacyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Dick Lacyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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