Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Amon Clark, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Amon Clark registered to vote in Jasper County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Amon Clark
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 19, 1867
Signature, as written
"Andrew his X mark Clark"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Clarks elsewhere in Texas

All 88 freedmen named Clark in Texas

Variations of Clark

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 2 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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