Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Clay, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Richard Clay registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 5, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Richard Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Clay
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 2' 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Lowndesville, S.C."
- Signature, as written
- "W. A. Ammenheuser"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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