Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Clark, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Simon Clark registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Simon Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- 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
- Franklin Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Clarkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 56 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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