Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Ellerby, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Paul Ellerby registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 29, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Paul Ellerby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Ellerby
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellerby in Gonzales County
- Moses Ellerbyreached Texas about 1855
- Primus Ellerbyreached Texas about 1855
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 23 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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