Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Clark, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Clark registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 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
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Clark reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Colorado County
- David Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Stephen Clarkborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1832
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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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