Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Clay, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Charles Clay registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Charles Clay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Clay
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- 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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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