Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Clark, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Clark registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Cornelius Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Clark
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Cornelius his X mark Clark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Walker County
- Greene Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Humphrey Clarkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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