Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Lacy, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Simon Lacy registered to vote in Harrison County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Simon Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Lacy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Lacy (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSimon Lacy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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
- Samuel Lacyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Harrison CountyThe Lacy name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Harrison County by name