Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clark, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clark registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Clark
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Clark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Clark reported 4 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Kaufman County
- Glen Clarkborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
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 16 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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