Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Evans, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Calvin Evans registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Calvin Evans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Evans
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Evans in Colorado County
- John Evansborn in Indian Territory, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 58 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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