Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Osker Clark, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Osker Clark registered to vote in Denton County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 7 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Osker Clark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Osker Clark
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Denton County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Denton County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsOsker Clark reported 2 years more in Texas than in Denton County.
Other freedmen named Clark in Denton County
- George Clarkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
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 20 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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