Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Evans, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Evans registered to vote in Colorado County on August 24, 1867. He reported Indian Territory as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Indian Territory
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Evans
- Place of birth
- Indian Territory
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Evans reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Evans in Colorado County
- Calvin Evansborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Jordon Evansborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Robin Evansborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- V Evansborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 44 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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