Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Clark, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Washington Clark registered to vote in Bexar County on September 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Washington Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Clark
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 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
- Peter Clarkborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1840
- 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 36 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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