Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Ellis, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Ellis registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 40 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Thomas Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Ellis
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Galveston County
- Edmund Ellisreached Texas about 1847
- Lewis Ellisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- William Ellisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
Ellises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Ellis
- Ellison 30
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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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