Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fred Clayton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Fred Clayton registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Fred Clayton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fred Clayton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsFred Clayton reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Clayton in Fayette County
- Joe Claytonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
Claytons 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 27 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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