Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Clarke, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Edward Clarke registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Edward Clarke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Clarke
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Clarke in Fort Bend County
- Alexander Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Bristow Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Henry Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Joseph Clarkereached Texas about 1866
- Ned 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 40 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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