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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Nueces County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Andrew Ellison reported 6 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

Variations of Ellison

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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