Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Glen Clark, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869

Glen Clark registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
about 1858
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Glen Clark

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Glen Clark
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1869
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
10 years
Naturalized, how
"By application"
Naturalized, when
"1845"
Naturalized, where
"Mississippi, Kemper Co"
Signature, as written
"John Clark"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Glen Clark reported 10 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Other freedmen named Clark in Kaufman County

  • Henry Clarkborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862

Clarks elsewhere in Texas

All 100 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 12 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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