Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Clark, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Harry Clark registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Harry Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Fayette County
- Alex Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Fred Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jabes Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Jack Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
- Jim Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 22 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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