Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Clark, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Alex Clark registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Alex Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Fayette County
- 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
- 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 63 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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