Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Evans, Leon County, Texas, 1867
James Evans registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
James Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Evans
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "James x Evans"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJames Evans reported 10 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
- Jerry Evansborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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