Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Clark, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Austin Clark registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Austin Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Clark
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Harrison County
- 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
- 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 34 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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