Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Amos Evans, Gonzales County, Texas, 1868

Amos Evans registered to vote in Gonzales County on January 30, 1868. He reported 13 years in Texas, 13 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
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Amos Evans

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Amos Evans
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Gonzales County
13 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

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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 38 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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