Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henson Clay, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henson Clay registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henson Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henson Clay
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clay in Austin County
- Henry Clayborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- 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
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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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