Medina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John F. Clark, Medina County, Texas, 1867
John F. Clark registered to vote in Medina County on September 6, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Medina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Medina County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John F. Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John F. Clark
- County of registration
- Medina County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Medina County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Medina County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn F. Clark reported 19 years more in Texas than in Medina County.
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 4 of the Medina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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