Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Clark, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Willis Clark registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Clark
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWillis Clark reported 1 year 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
- Mitchel Clarkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Sammuel Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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