Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Evans, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Henry Evans registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Henry Evans

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Evans
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Henry Evans reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Evans in Austin County

  • Edward Evansborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
  • Frank Evansborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859

Evanses elsewhere in Texas

All 72 freedmen named Evans 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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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