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.
- 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
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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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJerry Lacy reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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