Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Clayton, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Clayton registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Joseph Clayton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Clayton
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Payton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJoseph Clayton reported 7 years more in Texas than in Kaufman 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 13 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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