Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Clark, Wood County, Texas, 1867

James Clark registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Wood County

James Clark

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Clark
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Wood County
12 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Signature, as written
"James his X mark Clark"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Clark in Wood County

Clarks elsewhere in Texas

All 88 freedmen named Clark in Texas

Variations of Clark

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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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