Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Clark, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Clark registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Jerry Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Clark
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "E. Haxel"
Other freedmen named Clark in Matagorda County
- Lerry Clarkborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 11 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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