Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lerry Clark, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Lerry Clark registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Lerry Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lerry Clark
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Other freedmen named Clark in Matagorda County
- Jerry Clarkborn in Louisiana, 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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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