Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Ellis, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Lewis Ellis registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County
Lewis Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Ellis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Galveston County
- Edmund Ellisreached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Ellisreached Texas about 1827
- 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Galveston CountyThe Ellis name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Galveston County by name