Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Clark, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Clark registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ephraim Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Clark
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearEphraim Clark reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Harrison County
- Austin Clarkborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Coleman Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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