Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clayborn Montigue, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Clayborn Montigue registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Hunt County
Clayborn Montigue
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clayborn Montigue
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chaylow his X mark Montague"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 20 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Hunt County, Texas
Hunt County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Hunt CountyThe Montigue name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Hunt County by name