Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Evans, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Frank Evans registered to vote in Leon County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Evans
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank his X mark Evans"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- James Evansborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
- 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 29 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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