Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Evans, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jack Evans registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 22, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Jack Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Evans
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJack Evans reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Evans in Gonzales County
- Amos Evansreached Texas about 1855
- Charles Evansreached Texas about 1847
- George Evansreached Texas about 1852
- Henry Evansreached Texas about 1853
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 17 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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