Sasha Kelton, County Clerk
Kelton has worked in the office of the County Clerk since 2006. She has served as Clay County's County Clerk since 2011.
02/07/2024
‼️REMINDER- UPDATED LIST‼️
The following families and businesses still have items to pick up at the Annex.
Congratulations to the following families and entities! Contents from the 1973 Clay County Time Capsule have been salvaged for you. It has all been wet, and some is not in great shape, but everything was kept that was salvageable. You can view your items online at: https://www.co.clay.tx.us/time-capsule
Please retrieve your items from the Clay County Clerk’s office, located in the Courthouse Annex, 214 N. Main. in Henrietta. We are open to the public Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CLOSED 12-1 for lunch). Call (940) 538-4631 for more information.
• Henrietta Chamber of Commerce
• Seigler Families: Stevie, Mary Ann, Duane, Rex, Paul Andrew, Terry
• CCMH/ Local Doctors & Dr. Office photos: Greer, Schaffner
• Heirs of George W. & Lurline Akin
• Helen Ashinhurst
• TG & Loreta Bigbie/ Chris, Heather, Tiffany Bigbie
• Gary Wayne Butler/ Helen & GW Butler
• County Extension Agent
• Clay County Leader
• Centennial Committee
• Heirs of Essie Crisp
• Edwards Public Library
• Kevin & Catherine Frerich
• FUMC: Bellevue, Vashti, Joy
• Nala Graves/ Haley Graves
• Henrietta Elementary 2nd Grade
• Henrietta Faculty
• James Scott Humphrey/ Jim Humphrey
• JAC Electric
• Kevin, Kent, Kurt Laughbaum/ Lucille Guthrie
• Edwina Laughon/ Floreine Laughon
Amy Sly/ Edd Laughon
• Lumpkins/ Linda Younsel
• Pamela Ann McGhee
• Rhonda, Breck, Tiffany Nolens
• Katherine Scheer
• Janet Smith
• Sue Smith
• Missy Smith
• Craig (unknown last name)/ Catherine Suddath
• Comer Tuck Jr.
• Unity Club
• Tami Brockman & Keith Womack wedding invite
TIME CAPSULE | claycounty Clay County was organized from Cooke County in 1857, but due to Indian raids, it was abandoned. The 12th Legislature of Texas authorized its reorganization in 1872. The first "Commissioners Court Minutes" of record was November 24, 1873. On September 14, 1973, a time capsule was dedicated on the...
22/12/2023
21/11/2023
TIME CAPSULE DEADLINE
REMINDER- Wednesday Nov. 22 at NOON is the deadline for time capsule submissions! The 2023 time capsule will be opened in FIFTY years, in 2073, on the county's 200th birthday!
Email letters to [email protected] or bring letters, photos, etc. to the Clay County Clerk's Office at 214 N Main, Henrietta.
26/10/2023
Get your commemorative Sesquicentennial coins at the Clay County Clerk's Office! 💰 $10
29/12/2022
27/05/2022
IT WAS NOVEMBER 1873...
The Clay County Commissioners’ Court is meeting for the first time, but there is not yet a courthouse. The county is renting homes and storefronts in Henrietta to hold court, paying the property owners $1.00 per day.
In true governmental fashion, the very first official order of the Court is the establishment of taxes which were levied and collected on various businesses, including the sale of “intoxicating liquors” which was taxed at a rate of $25-$100/year. “Food Pedlers” with or without a horse or yoke of cattle incurred a tax ranging from $5-$25/ year. Hotels, cook shops, wholesale merchants, persons selling or bartering medicines, land agents, physicians and surveyors are among those who generally paid $5 per year in taxes. It was ordered that vendors of fruit trees, goods, and wares manufactured in Texas were exempt from paying a tax.
Court Order No. 2 established an ad valorem tax to be levied and collected for the upcoming year of 1874, of 5 cents on each $100 of taxable real and personal property for road and bridge purposes.
Order No. 3 created a special tax of 10 cents on each $100 of taxable property “to be applied for the er****on of a courthouse at the county seat of Clay County known as the town of Henrietta”.
Order No. 4 authorized the reimbursement of the Clerk who had purchased out-of-pocket the blank record books in which these court minutes were written.
This original 1873 record book, Commissioners’ Court Minutes Volume I is one of many historical books the Clerk’s office has had mended, bound and preserved in recent years. All public county records are available for public viewing at the Courthouse Annex.
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