Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Clayton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Clayton registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Joe Clayton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Clayton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJoe Clayton reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Clayton in Fayette County
- Fred Claytonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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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