Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Evans, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Frank Evans registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Frank Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Evans
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Evans in Austin County
- Edward Evansborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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