Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clay registered to vote in Madison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 10 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 8 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Henry Clay"
- Signature, as written
- "N A Penny"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsHenry Clay reported 8 years more in Texas than in Madison 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 6 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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