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Clark in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 88 freedmen

88 freedmen named Clark registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Fayette County (10), Austin County (7) and Harrison County (7). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1832.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Clarks registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Clark registered, on the 1870 county map
88
Freedmen
32
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1832
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Clarks registered

Where the Clarks were born

Birthplaces the Clarks reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia1522%
Alabama1319%
Georgia1319%
Kentucky46%
Missouri46%
Texas46%
North Carolina34%
South Carolina34%
Tennessee34%
Florida23%
Mississippi23%
Louisiana11%
Maryland11%

When the Clarks reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Clarks
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
16
1850s
28
1860s
38

Variations of Clark

Every Clark in the register

The Clarks in the register, 1 to 50 of 88
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert ClarkCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Alex ClarkFayette CountyAlabama1847
Alexander ClarkBexar CountyMissouri1859
Alfred ClarkBrazos County1848
Amon ClarkJasper CountyTennessee
Amos ClarkBastrop CountyAlabama1864
Arthur ClarkBrazos County1839
Austin ClarkHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1852
Barney ClarkBexar CountyVirginia1864
Benjamin ClarkBastrop CountyAlabama1854
Bishop ClarkWharton County
Coleman ClarkHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Cornelius ClarkWalker CountyVirginia1857
Daniel ClarkGonzales County1852
David ClarkColorado CountyVirginia1852
David ClarkFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Elijah ClarkErath CountyMississippi1863
Ephraim ClarkHarrison CountyLouisiana1864
Fancy ClarkAustin CountyKentucky1854
Franklin ClarkAngelina CountyGeorgia1854
Franklin ClarkHarrison CountyVirginia1857
Fred ClarkFayette CountyVirginia1859
George ClarkBastrop CountyAlabama1852
George ClarkDenton CountyKentucky1855
George ClarkMcLennan County1866
Gillmore ClarkFalls County
Greene ClarkWalker CountyAlabama1852
Harry ClarkFayette CountyAlabama1849
Harry ClarkFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Henry ClarkColorado CountyVirginia1862
Henry ClarkFort Bend County1843
Henry ClarkMcLennan County1866
Humphrey ClarkWalker CountyKentucky1863
Isaac ClarkGrayson CountySouth Carolina1860
Isham ClarkBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1852
Isham ClarkGalveston County
Jabes ClarkFayette CountyGeorgia1849
Jack ClarkFayette CountyGeorgia1844
Jacob ClarkAnderson CountyVirginia1863
James ClarkWood CountyGeorgia1855
Jefferson ClarkLeon CountyAlabama1858
Jerry ClarkMcLennan County1866
Jim ClarkFayette CountyAlabama1857
John ClarkAustin CountyKentucky1867
John ClarkBrazos County1866
John ClarkCherokee CountyTennessee1866
John ClarkGalveston County1845
John ClarkGalveston County1852
John ClarkWalker CountyTexas
Lewis ClarkAustin CountyVirginia1860

Clark genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Clark in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fayette County holds 10 of the 88, Austin County 7. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Clarke as well.

Where did the Clarks in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (15), Alabama (13) and Georgia (13) as their birthplaces most often, and 4 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Clark?

Fayette County (10), Austin County (7), Harrison County (7). In all, 88 registered across 32 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Clark appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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