Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Evans, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Evans registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Jerry Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Evans
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Clem x Carrington"
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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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