Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Clark, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Jim Clark registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 7 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jim Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJim Clark reported 4 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 58 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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