Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Ellis, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

William Ellis registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Registered in Gonzales County, Texas

10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

William Ellis

Texas

Name: William Ellis
County of registration: Gonzales County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 16, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Gonzales County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Ellises elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Ellis 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 9 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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