Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lacy, Houston County, Texas, 1867
John Lacy registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Lacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lacy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Houston County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Lucy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJohn Lacy reported 4 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Lacy in Houston County
- Daniel Lacyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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