Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Lacey, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Lacey registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Jacob Lacey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Lacey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Laceys 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 34 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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