Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Clark, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Clark registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Benjamin Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBenjamin Clark reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Bastrop County
- Amos Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 35 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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