Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Clark, Walker County, Texas, 1869
John Clark registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
John Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Clark
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John X Clark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Walker County
- Cornelius Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Greene Clarkborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Humphrey Clarkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 43 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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