Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Evans, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Edward Evans registered to vote in Austin County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Edward Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Evans
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsEdward Evans reported 4 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Evans in Austin County
- Frank Evansborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Evansborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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