Lacy · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Lacy in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 20 freedmen

20 freedmen named Lacy registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (5), Cherokee County (2) and Houston County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Lacys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Lacy registered, on the 1870 county map
20
Freedmen
11
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Lacys registered

Texas counties where the Lacys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County525%
Cherokee County210%
Houston County210%
Leon County210%
McLennan County210%
Walker County210%
Austin County15%
Falls County15%
Fannin County15%
Fayette County15%
Wood County15%

Where the Lacys were born

Birthplaces the Lacys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama529%
Tennessee318%
Virginia318%
Kentucky212%
Arkansas16%
Florida16%
Mississippi16%
Texas16%

When the Lacys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Lacys
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
5
1850s
5
1860s
9

Every Lacy in the register

The Lacys in the register, 1 to 20 of 20
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert LacyMcLennan County1866
Alexander LacyHarrison CountyTennessee1846
Alexander LacyHarrison CountyMississippi1846
Benjamin LacyLeon CountyAlabama1859
Daniel LacyHouston CountyVirginia1860
Dick LacyHarrison CountyTexas1848
Doctor LacyMcLennan County1866
Ellis LacyFannin CountyArkansas1861
George Washington LacyFayette CountyVirginia1862
J. LacyCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Jerry LacyWood CountyFlorida1847
John LacyAustin CountyKentucky1861
John LacyHouston CountyKentucky1851
Leander LacyFalls County
Moses LacyCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Moses LacyLeon CountyAlabama1860
Sam LacyWalker CountyAlabama1856
Samuel LacyHarrison CountyAlabama1849
Simon LacyHarrison CountyTennessee1850
William LacyWalker CountyAlabama1852

Lacy genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Lacy in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 5 of the 20, Cherokee County 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Lacys in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (5), Tennessee (3) and Virginia (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Lacy?

Harrison County (5), Cherokee County (2), Houston County (2). In all, 20 registered across 11 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Lacy appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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