Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Kenshen Evans, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Kenshen Evans registered to vote in Leon County on August 7, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Kenshen Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Kenshen Evans
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Martin Evans"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsKenshen Evans reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Evans in Leon County
- Berry Evansborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edward Evansborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Frank Evansborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Frank Evansborn in Mississippi
- James Evansborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Leon County, Texas
Leon County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Leon CountyThe Evans name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Leon County by name