Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Clark, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Clark registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Leon County
Jefferson Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Clark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Leon County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jefferson Black"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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