Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andy Ellison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Andy Ellison registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Andy Ellison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andy Ellison
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Fayette County
17 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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 22 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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