Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Lacy, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Lacy registered to vote in Wood County on July 25, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Wood County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Jerry Lacy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry Lacy
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Wood County
18 years
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Jerry his X mark Lacy"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Jerry Lacy reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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