Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clay registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry X Clay"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clay in Walker County
- Fayette Clayborn in Alabama
- Henry Clayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Robert Clayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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