Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Henry Clay registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Clay reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Clay in Austin County
- Henry Clayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Clayborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Clayborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Clayborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Clayborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Clays 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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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