Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dick Lacy, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Dick Lacy registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Harrison County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Dick Lacy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dick Lacy
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
21 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Signature, as written
"W " Lacy"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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