Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clay, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clay registered to vote in Chambers County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Chambers County
Henry Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clay
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Clay"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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