Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Evans, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
David Evans registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
David Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Evans
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDavid Evans reported 1 year more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Evans in Galveston County
- Napoleon Evansreached Texas about 1846
Evanses elsewhere in Texas
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 28 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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