Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Clack, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

John Clack registered to vote in Jasper County on September 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Clack
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
September 27, 1867
Signature, as written
"John X Clark"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Clacks elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Clack in Texas

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 15 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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