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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsHenry 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
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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