Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ransom Clark, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Ransom Clark registered to vote in Wilson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Ransom Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ransom Clark
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsRansom Clark reported 21 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 10 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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