Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchel Clark, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Mitchel Clark registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Mitchel Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchel Clark
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsMitchel Clark reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Austin County
- Fancy Clarkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
- John Clarkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1867
- Lewis Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Sammuel Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Simon Clarkborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
Clarks elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Clark
- Clarke 15
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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