Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Ellett, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Charles Ellett registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Charles Ellett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Ellett
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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