Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ralph Evans, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ralph Evans registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Ralph Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ralph Evans
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Evans in Harrison County
- Alfred Evansborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Carroll Evansborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Daniel Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Jack Evansborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- John H. Evansborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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