Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Evans, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Evans registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Calvin Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Evans
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Evans in Brazoria County
- Abraham Evansborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1840
- Cornelius Evansborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- James Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- Jefferson Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1841
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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