Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Ellison, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Ellison registered to vote in Nueces County on September 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 7 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Andrew Ellison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Ellison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAndrew Ellison reported 6 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Ellisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Ellison
- Ellis 44
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 7 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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