Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchell Ellis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Mitchell Ellis registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Mitchell Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchell Ellis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Brazoria County
- Carolina Ellisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 35 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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