Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Evans, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Evans registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
John Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Evans
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Evans in Brazoria County
- Abraham Evansborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1840
- Calvin Evansborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Cornelius Evansborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- James Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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