Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Evans, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

Charles Evans registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 23, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Charles Evans

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Evans
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Gonzales County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Evans in Gonzales County

Evanses elsewhere in Texas

All 72 freedmen named Evans 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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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