Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Clarke, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
William Clarke registered to vote in Fort Bend County on September 6, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
William Clarke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Clarke
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 22 years
Other freedmen named Clarke in Fort Bend County
- Alexander Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Bristow Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Edward Clarkeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Joseph Clarkereached Texas about 1866
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 33 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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