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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Leon County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Kenshen Evans reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Evans in Leon County

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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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