Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Henry Clay registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Bray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clay in Walker County
- Fayette Clayborn in Alabama
- Henry Clayborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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