Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henson Clayton, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henson Clayton registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henson Clayton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henson Clayton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Veneer x Clayton"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHenson Clayton reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
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 8 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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