Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Evans, Leon County, Texas, 1869

Louis Evans registered to vote in Leon County on August 7, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 16 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Leon County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Louis Evans

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Evans
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 7, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Leon County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Frank Roche"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Louis Evans reported 2 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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