Clough · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Clough in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Clough registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Freestone County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1867.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Cloughs registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Clough registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1867
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Cloughs registered

Texas counties where the Cloughs registered
CountyFreedmen%
Freestone County2100%

Where the Cloughs were born

Birthplaces the Cloughs reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama150%
North Carolina150%

When the Cloughs reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Cloughs
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
2

Every Clough in the register

The Cloughs in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Harbers CloughFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867
Samuel CloughFreestone CountyAlabama1867

Clough genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Clough in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Freestone County holds 2 of the 2. 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 try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Cloughs in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1) and North Carolina (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Clough?

Freestone County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Clough appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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