Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Humphrey Clark, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Humphrey Clark registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Humphrey Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Humphrey Clark
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "William X Reynolds"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHumphrey Clark reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Walker County
- Cornelius Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Greene Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- John Clarkborn in Texas
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 6 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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