Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Wilson County, Texas, 1868
Henry Clay registered to vote in Wilson County on January 31, 1868. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Clay reported 4 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 8 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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