Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Arthur Clark, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Arthur Clark registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 30 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
30 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
25 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Arthur Clark

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Arthur Clark
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazos County
5 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

25 years

Arthur Clark reported 25 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Clark in Brazos County

Clarks elsewhere in Texas

All 88 freedmen named Clark in Texas

Variations of Clark

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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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