Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Clark, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peter Clark registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 13 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Peter Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPeter Clark reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Fayette County
- Alex Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Fred Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Harry Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Jabes Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Jack Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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