Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Ellington, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Isam Ellington registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Isam Ellington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Ellington
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsIsam Ellington reported 29 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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