Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Evans, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Evans registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jack Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Evans
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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
- John H. Evansborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Moses Evansborn in Alabama, 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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