Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Clark, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
John Clark registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
John Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Clark
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Black"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJohn Clark reported 20 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Lavaca County
- Samuel Clarkreached Texas about 1852
- Washington Clarkreached Texas about 1854
- Wiley Clarkreached 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 2 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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