Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clay registered to vote in Austin County on July 26, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsHenry Clay reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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