Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Clarke, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Clarke registered to vote in Johnson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Lewis Clarke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Clarke
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsLewis Clarke reported 17 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Clarkes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Clarke
- Clark 88
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 8 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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