Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Clark, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Peter Clark registered to vote in Bexar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Peter Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Clark
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Bexar County
- Alexander Clarkborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1859
- Barney Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Washington Clarkborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- William Clarkborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1855
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 9 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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