Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Clark, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Clark registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Stephen Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Clark
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Clark in Colorado County
- David Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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