Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elijah Clark, Erath County, Texas, 1867

Elijah Clark registered to vote in Erath County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Erath County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Erath County

Elijah Clark

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elijah Clark
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Erath County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Erath County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Erath County highlighted
Erath County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Clark

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 3 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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