Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ivey Clarke, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Ivey Clarke registered to vote in Cooke County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Ivey Clarke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ivey Clarke
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsIvey Clarke reported 9 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Clarkes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Clarke
- Clark 88
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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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