Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Clark, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Clark registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Franklin Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Clark
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Clark"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Harrison County
- Austin Clarkborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Coleman Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Ephraim Clarkborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Nelson Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Simon Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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