Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Henry Clay registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 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 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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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