Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Clark, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Amos Clark registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Amos Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAmos Clark reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Bastrop County
- Benjamin Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Philip Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Robert Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Whiter Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 16 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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