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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Medina County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Medina County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Medina County highlighted
Medina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

John F. Clark reported 19 years more in Texas than in Medina County.

Variations of Clark

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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